3rd day at Vietnam

Woke up in the sound of my alarm
wuhu~
it is 630 in the morning~
wake up and had a bath and breakfast
omg~ the restaurant is abit crowded as there is about 6 ppl already at there
we manage to "Snatch" three table and sat down~
as usual
we order this order that order this order that non stop

hahaha~
we finished our breakfast and get ready for the trip to TAM COC -Hoalu
the 1st capital of vietnam
about 720 the van reached and the tour guide apologize for the late as before reaching here there is two tourist that wanted to go to Halong Bay but get up on our van ~haha~

We had a ride for 2 hours and half and we reached Hoalu at here we saw the memorial of the first king of vietnam Dinh Boh Ling.
Here comes the story of Vietnam

Dinh Boh Ling is a intelligent boy
since young, he always win in a competition where everyone will ride their buffalo and race or fight.
WHen he became grown up, he wanted to be the king and he went to fight with the other 12 so called king of Vietnam. For a better understanding, he is the head of the village of tam COC. He went to fight with the other 12 head Village in order to be the 1st king.
Tam Coc is surrounded by mountains and it is almost the same as the great wall of China.
He got married and had 3 sons. After he is dead, his wife cannot continue his power of ruling as the customs is said that women cannot work or rule the country. Women can only be housewives.
Dinh Boh Ling chosen a General to be the next king before he dies. So the Queen marries the General and the General becomes the second king... "Sorry as i Forgetten the Kings name =x"
After tat the General and the Queen had two sons.
AT the memorial place, the queen is not situated with King Dinh Boh Ling. There is only the three sons with the king. At the another memorial place, there is the General or the second king and the queen and the two sons.

After visiting the so called memorial place or temple, we were brought to a place by the tour guide and he bring us our bicycle. The other ppl sits the van to the destination whereas we had to cycle to the destination haha~
We pay more but we had to cycle this is the so called VIP packaged lol~~
but we cycle pass alot of nice view and also had a chance to see the life of the people of Vietnam. After 1hour and 15 minute of bicycling under the hot sun, we finally reached the restaurant. Everyone had eat finish and we only reach the restaurant haha~
Those ppl went for the boating to see the limestones and we enjoy our meal
after we eat those "high class" meal, we goes to the boating too. Wao~ those limestone is superb and magnificiently huge!~~~
i had to bow down my head and evade those limestone in order not to get a bang
haha~
The paddy at the both side creates beautiful view as it is the season of riping of paddy~
the gold yellow colour is superb xD

After the boating, those ppl waited for us for 1 hour haha~
then we together head back to the hotel.
When we reach Hanoi, it is 730 pm
we saw many people or we consider them as students. They are having night classes. I think their age is about 18 to 25.
about 100 ppl in a class and there is a teacher in front using the blackboard with chalk to teach english. At the another room, there is many people each pair is dancing. They are learning waltz. they make a big round and everyone keeps on dance until the teacher asked to stop. They keeps on dance and move in a rotational motion.. wao~ it is magnificient~
haha~
at another room, there is the gym.
I saw many ppl in there lining up to use the facilities~
omg... even want to exercise in a gym oso nit to line up~
wao...

after a terrible jam, we finally reached the hotel. After a quick rest, YES ~ it is again the event that my family loves. FIND EAT~~~ xD
this time we search for a restaurant call cha ca la vong. My father said that this restaurant had been operating for 3 generations.
we walk and walk and walk~
wao there is a sign board leh~
cha ca la Lvong
the L is not so obvious so we went in. OMg~
there is no customer in there
and it is dark and dim... the waiter gave us the menu or we should call it a card
haha~there is only one dish and there is only one price. 180000don per person. My brother thinks that this shop is kinda fishy and the door number is not the right one. He went out and look around omg~ it is juz opposite beside only
another restaurant called cha ca la vong and the right door number.
We quickly ran out from the restaurant and head to the right one.
We open the door n.. omg... no ppl even no waiter.
A tourist walk in and straigh away climb up the stairs. we followed her and Wao~
the restaurant is at first floor and not the ground floor~
haha~
It is fully packed with tourist and a few local ppl.
We were served to a table and the waiter did the same thing as the fake restaurant. He gives us a menu or card. There wrote cha ca la vong 200000Don per person. My dad say ok and then it is served.
A simple dish i consider,
A pot with charcoal on the table and on it is a bowl of yellowish liquid or i think it is oil. one plate of mint. one plate of vegetable, one plate of "mee Hoon" i think so.. and some groundnuts. Then the waiter put in a few pieces of fish into the bowl which is on the charcoal~
pilipala~ the sound of cooking..... then we eat~
haha~
everything mixed together and there goes into our mouth~
then one more time the waiter add pieces of fish
and we eat arh eat arh
finish~
no more @@
like tat then 200000Don missing @@
although not full but kinda special
haha~

my father pay and we continue our journey for walk walk~
again,... fresh beer time
haha~~
we sat at the same place and the same road and the same shop~
with four glass of fresh beer or draft beer....
wuhu~~
nice and tasty and also the best beer i ever drank with the cheapest price .. haha~
then my mother and sister went bak to hotel to rest. me with my brother and daddy and one sister together walk to search for memory card for the camera as memory full xD
We get to buy a 1Gb memory
then we walk and saw a handicraft shop~
wao wao wao~
lots and lots of vietnam handicraft or so called heritage item are sold at there~ but what is most attractive is the room at the back of the shop,.. there is a sign board at the top of the front door of the room, WORLD OF SHips.
WUhu~ my daddy straight walk in and look and look ~ see and see~ touch and touch~
there are many many sHIps... big size oso got
small size oso got
inside bottle oso got
placed on some pieces of metal on a pond also got~
TITAnic ship oso got haha~ even the one that is bombed by the Japanese, what name d arh... errr i think is NAPOLEAN
haha~
my father saw one ship and fall in love with it
kakkaka
we asked to shop keeper to take down the ship to have a look. then father asked that can we snap a photo of the ship they say can~ what oso can~
lol~
my father almost felled as he lost his balance when snapping the photo~
lucky nothing was broke and my father did not fall.
We went to the second floor and there are more and more magnificient thing. Dragon chair, Dragon Table, Dragon chopsticks~hahaha~
ELephant "gading"
what oso got~

We told them tat we will be back in a few days then they say ok~~
we head back to hotel to rest and bath and oso pack as we will be heading HALONG BAY the nxt day.