Travel to Vietnam- Prelude

Posted by You Teck - 25/12/08 at 10:12:29 pm

It’s being quite some time since I last traveled aboard and I thought that it was about time to make some traveling plan. It all started with some random discussion about doing backpacking in one of the South East Asia countries and when we started to zero down on the list of countries Vietnam turns out to be an obvious option.

I must admit that I’ve not heard a lot of the country and I had zero knowledge on what to expect. Being the adventurers that we always wanted to be, my buddy Byran and I decided that we book the air tickets before deciding on what to do in Vietnam.

With the tickets in hand, we spent around 3 weekends doing all the necessary planning and I got to say that at the end of the 3 weeks, we don’t really have a plan (Sounds like some reality TV show). All we knew was that there was an Island named Phu Quoc and we wanted to get there.

The initial plan was to travel from Ho Chi Min City and head northward to Hanoi but after some discussion with a local tour guide, we decided that one week was too short for us to really see Vietnam and that’s why we decided that we’ll probably head to Ho Chi Min City and Phu Quoc.

Further research shows that our efforts are futile as the local agency in Singapore were quoting quite a high price for a domestic air ticket to get to Phu Quoc from Ho Chi Min City.

Attempts to book the hotel Byran’s friend recommended was also futile as there was no response through email. With only a name card of the hotel and no concrete plans, we headed to Ho Chi Min City. Before moving on further, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cassius for transporting us to the airport in the wee hours of 5 A.M in the morning. You rock buddy!

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And so, the travel to Vietnam begins…

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