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Nongsapura
Thursday, May 21, 2015; ( 8:50 AM )
One of the nua-ing staycation at our stay in Turi Beach Resort (Batam) where we spent our 4th year anniversary together! The staff were very friendly and nice despite their minor hiccup while we were checking in when they got our bill wrong. Other than that, I was rather surprised when a staff showed/led us the way to our rooms.
The interior design of the room was actually quite good! I was pleasantly surprised. On the outside, it looked like Kampong houses but stepping into the room brings about a overwhelming urban-feeling that feels like home suddenly. Well the only thing was that we slept with mosquitoes buzzing in our ear which was SUPER irritating. We had to apply mosquito repellent most of the times even though we're asleep.
The weather wasn't really that kind to us. For the entire duration that we were there, there was occasional rain which really hinder my suntan plans and our nua-ing at the beach day. Nonetheless, we still managed to dashed our during times where there was sun and dived into the swimming pool. Dearest changed her handphone a day before into the Sony Z2. It's a phone that has damn good picture quality and it's also waterproof! Which explains our above shot. We took many attempts just to get it right. People float man.
So here's the main reason why I was really impressed with the resort. They surprised us with a complimentary cake! And to think I actually turned it down when they called me. LOL. Of course the 2 of couldn't finish the cake so we, bring Singaporeans, brought it back!
Note to self: Never check out so early in the future cause freaking mosquitoes thinks that you're free food and swarm to you as if they haven eaten for years/decades. This is our angry & sad faces cause it's day 3 and we had to leave the resort and put our nua-life behind us which was DAMN sad if you haven realize. Back to Singapore, our sunny island and on to our busy lives in June!
It was a good staycation less the mosquitoes! Really enjoyed the nua-ing life and the company this round! But I would'nt wanna come back here though, should try other resorts. With that,
HAPPY 4TH ANNIVERSARY MY DEAREST!
Beyond the South
Friday, May 15, 2015; ( 9:47 PM )
I've been here before, Vietnam, back in 2013 during Winter. It was sure cold as hell up in the mountains and sailing through Halong bay then. It's summer this time. It was hot and humid in Hanoi, breezy and cool in Sapa, hot and cold in Halong. Different people bring about different experiences. Different seasons bring about different photos. Different photos bring about different memories.
Vietnam (8th-15th May)
Just imagine your whole trekking trip filled with photos like ^ and there you go - Sapa in it's full glory. It was a different route taken in Summer compared to Winter and it was breathtaking in it's own way too. This was one of the panorama shots taken by them and it kind of sums up what we have been through for the entire 2D1N trek. We took so many photos that we ended up taking a short-cut and becoming like goats on the verge of death. There were 2 foreigners who joined us during the 1st leg of the trip and alot more on our 2nd leg of the trip. Of course all of us took turns to fell within a short span of 10mins which was like ?!?!?!?!?!. None of can believe that omg but HAHAHA wtheck it was really damn funny. The guide literally followed us after that.
We embarrassed ourselves attempting to take the ^ shot. So many burst shots. This was one of the most breathtaking views where we had a stop for like 10mins. The route up here was crazily intense though. I'll never forget climbing up that waterfall just to get here. It was a good climb. That picture is our happy faces. But trust me, it was back to pokerfaces after that as we finished up the trek.
One of the best rest points during our 1st leg of the trip. I like this photo somehow. Cause we all have our sticks and are still smiling LOL. The scenery is good also! We had a homestay for our 1st night and it was some delicious dishes being served. Food was great though the night ended quite early. Stayed up to talk. Oh I didn't mention. The number of hours we spent talking can add up to more than 48 hours. Trust me, that's how much we talked.
And this picture signifies the end of our trek! We had maggie mee (comfort food) for lunch and quickly took this shot while everybody was waiting for us. It was a great climb with many things that happened. Most notably is our falling down and embarrassing ourselves taking jump shots. Let's not mention Jia Jing's non-stop talking which entertained me throughout the trek, Phoebe's death and trembling legs and Arthur's moment of folly which caused his hands not to be able to close.
Caught the coach back to Lao Cai and a overnight train back to Hanoir. Walked an hour back to ODC travel and trust me, with empty stomachs, it was not an enjoyable walk. But it was still fun walking in the early hours of Hanoi, looking at the early beginnings of a permanent-rush-hour traffic. Caught the bus to Halong Bay and started our Halong Bay tour!
Phoebe's awesome shot of Halong Bay while the sunsets. When I first saw this, I thought it was taken from google images or something. I was pleasantly surprised to know that phoebe took it. That amazing colourful sunset is something we wouldn't forget.
So the first day of Halong was met with lunch, a sampan tour and some visiting to farms and all. I had a damn bad flu after the sampan though and had a super early night. And homg, highlight of the trip coming up. In the middle of the night, there was a huge storm and I guess some ship beside of us did not anchor properly and it came slamming towards our ship and BAM. Collision. LOL. I can't believe all of us slept through that. I did wake up to see what's happening outside but apparently it's calm on my side so I guess the ship must have hit the other side. I was too sick and tired anyway so well I went back to sleep. The next day the Australians were recounting to us how the ship collided and we were freaking amazed. LOL.
And the second day was some visit to a cave which wasn't really thatttt interesting to me though it's really a cool and nice cave. I just think that the lights made it nicer and that's about it. Kayaking to explore the light and dark cave was great though (without life jacket?!)! Please do not let the above photo fool you. Kayaking with phoebe was (fill in the blanks). We prolly made a full of ourselves with a Hanoi jam and shouting at the top of our voices. Damn we're like embarrassment of Singapore. It was great fun though. And after our kayaking trip was another highlight of the trip
This is the only photo I've got?! So all was good until the engine died. The guide informed all of us that we the engine cannot start and we had to wait for a rescue boat. So the summary of the story was we were stranded for 3 hours, in the middle of the Halong Bay. After like 2 hours, the captain realized the anchor wasn't put properly and our ship was slowly drifting to a rock?! And with the sight of the open sea infront of us, it wasn't cool. It was fear damnit. The rescue boat finally came and it was pretty cool how they slowly pulled our boat back to mainland. And LOL while sailing back, a group of kayakers was kayaking across our ship. Should have took a photo of their epic omgwtfbbq faces as they kayak the hell of our way. LOL.
Behind these happy faces were shag faces who climbed hundreds of steps, panting as we climbing our way up. But we took a shot, got a full view of halong bay which was pretty nice! That concluded our 3rd day!
Back in Hanoi, we literally nua-ed in our hotel room & only moving out to have dinner lunch and breakfast. We did made a visit to this coffee cafe which was good! Though it was an hour walk there and an hour walk back. Plus, the Hanoi traffic didn't make it all that better. LOL.
So that concludes my Vietnam trip. My only regret is that I didn't manage to tailor a suit for myself cause they needed at least 2 days. Ah crap.