It’s the morning of my last day in Singapore.
Won’t be back for at least, the next two years. And I’ve never felt so unprepared.

Hello Philippines!

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam19th December 2011 The weather was absolutely wonderful. I don’t blame this lady for sleeping. I probably would have, too.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19th December 2011 


The weather was absolutely wonderful. I don’t blame this lady for sleeping. I probably would have, too.

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam18th December 2011As hard as we tried to pretend like locals, even dressing down to just a tee, pair of jeans and slippers, we were still stopped by a lot of street vendors, cyclo drivers, handsome locals who wanted our numbers… I kid. We probably had the lost look going on and the cameras hanging off our necks were dead giveaways. Still, I enjoyed every bit of walking we did, going wherever our feet led us. The map we had was of no help. We found the places we wanted to find on our list mostly by accident!

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
18th December 2011

As hard as we tried to pretend like locals, even dressing down to just a tee, pair of jeans and slippers, we were still stopped by a lot of street vendors, cyclo drivers, handsome locals who wanted our numbers… I kid. We probably had the lost look going on and the cameras hanging off our necks were dead giveaways. Still, I enjoyed every bit of walking we did, going wherever our feet led us. The map we had was of no help. We found the places we wanted to find on our list mostly by accident!

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam18th December 2011 I will probably never forget my first day in Vietnam. My bestfriend and I got a little lost trying to figure out the map we had and eventually gave up because we were starving! For breakfast/lunch, we stopped by this Indian restaurant along one of the streets. I can’t remember what we ordered now but the coffee we had tasted was really, really good! And it was only VND 20 000! I will have this coffee again when Hamidah and I return to Vietnam for another backpacking trip sometime in the future but until then, I will live with a triple shot iced latte every morning.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18th December 2011

 I will probably never forget my first day in Vietnam. My bestfriend and I got a little lost trying to figure out the map we had and eventually gave up because we were starving! For breakfast/lunch, we stopped by this Indian restaurant along one of the streets. I can’t remember what we ordered now but the coffee we had tasted was really, really good! And it was only VND 20 000! I will have this coffee again when Hamidah and I return to Vietnam for another backpacking trip sometime in the future but until then, I will live with a triple shot iced latte every morning.

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam18th December 2011Can’t begin to describe to you how beautiful this place is.

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
18th December 2011


Can’t begin to describe to you how beautiful this place is.