Vietnam Trip - Day 1

Hanoi, The Capital city of Vietnam, is the first city I visited during my Vietnam Trip.

Ho Chih Minh was the great Vietnamese leader who contributed to the Independent of Vietnam.

People of Vietnam are very respecting Ho Chih Minh. They build a Mausoleum to keep Ho Chih Minh body and allowing public to visit the body.

You can imagine how their respect toward Ho Chih Minh when the security at the Mausoleum is more stricter than at the airport.

After visit the Mausoleum of Ho Chih Minh, we then walk around at the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Hanoi's Old Quater or some people called it 36 street is the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam.

You can find a lot of souvenir in Old Quater especially in Dong Xuan market which is the largest market in Hanoi. You can get a very cheap price here if you know how to bargain with the seller.

One thing I like about Vietnam is the Beer. Beer is very cheap here compare to Malaysia. Tiger Beer is only 9000VND which less than RM 2.00. I sure I will become a alcoholic if I stay any longer here.

Vietnamese like to have their meal at the street sides. Foreigner like me will think this is not hygiene but for Vietnamese, this is just a routine.

After a cyclo tour around Old Quarter, we then watch the water puppet show. Water puppet show is one of the traditional art performance of Vietnam.

After a long tired day walking around Hanoi, we spent our night in a train heading to Lao Cai. The first day at Vietnam really tired and we doesn't have the chance to get shower.

Homestay at The Mulberry Peaceland, Lumut Perak

We had a very enjoyable 2 days trip at Lumut. All this thanks to Mr Wang Tao (王涛), the owner of the Mulberry Peaceland (憩园桑林) Homestay.

The house is a British Style house which was build during the British colonial era

Although the house is old but it is very spacious and comfortable to stay.

This room called 'Juliet and Romeo'. I wondered why Mr Wang Tao give this name cause Juliet and Romeo is such a sad love story and I think no one will actually want to be like Juliet and Romeo after staying this room.

The house also have a very big backyard

When I wake up in the morning and walk around in the backyard, the feel was so great. I just sat at the tree and look to the sky, it was relaxing. Thanks to Mr Wang Tao again for arrange such a wonderful trip.

I had conquered Bukit Ungku Busu

I heard people said Bukit Ungku Busu is not very hard to climb, so I decided to give it a try.

But when I was climbing it, I think those people was lying to me

It not easy at all

I almost faint on the half way

But with the help of my friends

I finally make it to the top and the feeling was damn good.

After this climb, it really had give me a big motivation to me for the next climb. But before that, I must train hard first to increase my stamina.

The Mangrove Forest Park of Lumut

The Mangrove Forest Park (Taman Paya Bakau) is another attraction of Lumut.

You no need to worry about getting wet or dirty while you are in the Mangrove Forest Park because they have a walk way for people to walk around.

In Mangrove Forest park, of course you can see a lot of mangrove tree but you also can see some animals which living in the mangrove forest.

For example like lizards, monkeys and crabs.

Please don't stay too near with the monkeys here because they are not friendly at all. They will grab anything from you which they think is food or water.

The park also have a hanging bridge.

Enjoy Sunset at Pantai Pasir Panjang, Perak

Just outside the Segari Turtles Sanctuary, there is a beach which you can watch sunset.

The beach is quite isolated and not many people will go there.

We went there on Saturday but still not many people were there. It like the whole beach is for us.

Hang out with some friends at beach on Saturday evening, the feeling is damn good.

However the sun was blocked by the cloud that day, so we didn't watch sunset as we wanted to

Although without sunset, the view is still beautiful like a paint.

Hopefully i can come back here again in future.

Pasir Panjang Segari Turtle Sanctuary, Perak

About 20KM from Lumut, there is a turtle breeding farm run by the Malaysia Department of Fisheries .

The sanctuary is open for public and the admission is free.

There are two type of turtle here, Green Turtle and Olive Ridley Turtle. You are allowed to touch the turtle here and if the officers are around, you might allowed to play with the turtles too.

The sanctuary provideing a safe place for baby turtles from their natural predators.

The numbers of turtles land on Pasir Panjang to lay eggs is become lesser, so the numbers of turtle eggs this sanctuary can collect also getting lesser.

Turtles are a very beautiful creature, can't imagine if one day this creature is no longer exist on our planet.

The sanctuary is located beside the beach and you can see an island from there which the shape really look like a turtle. Simply amazing