+7 GMT 2152hrs
Inflight: Ho Chi Ming to Hanoi
Outstanding! The passenger seating 2 seats from me is using his mobile phone inflight. In fact, he had been doing that for the past half an hour. The best part is 2 air stewardess saw it but yet were nochalance about the event and didn't stop him.
the best thing is he is also extremely inconsiderate and invading into my seat. He enjoys leaning to the right, leaving little spaces to the already cramped seat. I even seen him digging his nose. He even lift up his legs and place them on his seats while his knee and body slants in my direction. Gosh, how irritating can he be? Taboleh tahan argh.. - Written by my friend
As the plane slams onto the tarmac (Yes! Slams, not gliides) and begins to turn into the taxiway, our hero started to make a phone call! In fact, he made 2 phone calls! Haha...
PS:
Don't ask me why we didn't stop him.
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Day 2, 2nd December 2007
Hanoi
Due to the 4hrs flight delay, we missed our connecting train to Lao Cai and had to spent a day in Hanoi. As a result, we will start our climb only on Monday instead. Met a vietnamese on the plane and he offered to have lunch together and show us around the town after he heard of our plight.
Had buffet breakfast at the hotel before going out to tour the city. Walked around a fair bit and met up with our new friend for lunch. He brought us around the city and we toured some places of interest before having our dinner:
Dog Meat!!!
We had dog meat for dinner! The dinner costs SGD$20.00 and they include...
1st Row (L to R): A bottle of Vietnamese rice wine (40% alcohol), cucumber, chicken
2nd Row (L to R): Stew dog meat, fried dog's intestine filled with dog meat and peanuts, rice crackers
3rd Row: Fried dog meat - Taste the best!
4th Row (L to R): Spring Onions, boiled dog meat and boiled dog's liver
Not in the picture: A bowl of rice noodles and dog's soup
Took the overnight train to Lao Cai after dinner and arrived there at around +7 GMT 0500hrs...
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Day 3-5, 3rd - 5th December 2007
Lao Cai/ Sapa/ Mt Fansipan
Arrived at Lao Cai Train Station and took an hour long bus ride to Sapa district located in the Hoang Lien Son range of mountains which is about 350km north-west of Hanoi.
Waiting for transport to the mountain after breakfast...
Enroute to the mountain
Lunch Stop
Temp:12 deg
Alt: About 2000m
Rest-stop before Camp 1Can you spot the wild horses?
Our hotel in the mountain... Camp 1
On the summit with our guidesWe spend 2 nights in the mountain before having half a day of sight-seeing at Sapa district...
Church at Sapa
Little Kid
Kid On Bike
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Day 6, 6 December 2007
Hanoi - Singapore
Home Sweet Home - Terminal 3
