fourth day at ho chin minh city

17 NOV 2008- fourth day;



today morning, after breakfast we went to take a 20 minutes ferry to the south-east of ho chin minh. after the ferry ride, we had to take the bus for about one hour before we reaches the monkey island.

We took a motorized boat from there and went to the sac forest, a revoluntionary base for vietnamese soldiers during war time. the motorized boat was very fun as it was riding in a very fast speed unlike yesterday's boat which was very slow.

After that it was lunch time, we went to a nearby restuarant for a seafood lunch. the lunch was quite boring because we had seafood for the past 2 days and the dishes were all the same. and it also did not taste nice.

then, we had to finish eating our lunch quickly as Richard told us that the weather forecast says that in around 4 plus, there will be rain and monsoon (some sort of typoon). and if we dont eat quickly, we maybe stuck in this place because after lunch we still have many places to go to.

After lunch, we all took the canoe to the Dam Doi (Bat swamp). the ride was very short and there was not much bats. (only a few) I was expecting that we go into a cave where there is a lot of bats hanging upside down on the ceiling, so i was quite dissappointed when the Bat swamp had just so little bats hanging on the tree.

After that we went to see the crocodile and were allow to feed the crocodile. i did not went to feed as the 2 boats were full. at the crocodile place, we also saw many monkeys and one of the monkey was fighting with a dog.

then, we quickly took the ferry back to ho chin minh.

when we reached ho chin minh city, it was still early for dinner, so we were given about 1 hour or more to shop at the lucky plaza. I, again, bought many many stuffs.

We then had dinner at a very high class cruise. the dinner was okay~, different from the last two days' dinner. quite nice. there is live performance. after dinner. we stayed there for a while. there's a sexy girl playing with fire. then, the band played happy birthday song. Oh My God! the teachers prepared cake for the 3 november babies. Me, Kah Min & Suganya. We all got a shock. the birthday cake was very big. (at first i thought that it was other people celebrating their birthday) After that, another shock. they also got prepare presents for us. (if i had heart attack, i would have been dead by now.) HA HA!

After that we went back to the hotel room. nabilah, aziela, cassandra and elizabeth went to our hotel room and chit chat until quite late then they went back and we sleep.