05.08.13.
When I saw a lots of motorcycles in the busy streets of Ho Chi Mihn, I smiled and whispered "Finally, Vietnam"
We reached Eden Saigon hotel around 8:00 PM. When we arrived, the concierges were in comotion, we just found out that the deluxe room that we booked was given to another guest as they did not expect that we will still be coming in. To compensate us they gave us the royal suite with no additional fee and were given a VIP treatment by the hotel manager. Oh! What a lovely giveaway :)
Our royal suite was at the top floor. The bath tub really wowed us and wanted to soak in right there and then.
And since we were just too excited to jump into the bath tub, we just ordered an in-house pizza at the hotel.
I just love the breathaking view as I soaked into the bath tub. I felt like a princess that night :))
We woke up as early as 5:00 PM the next morning for our Cuchi Tunnel tour. We had our breakfast at the hotel restaurant located at the mezzanine floor.
Around 8:00 in the morning when our tour guide picked up us at the hotel. It took about 2-3 hours before we reached Cuchi Tunnel from Ho Chi Mhin City.
From our cuchi tour, I've learned a lot how the vietcongs hid from the American during the Vietnam war. They also showed us how the vietcong tricked the Americans and fight for their freedom. Truly amazing guerillas.
Before we leave the place, they gave us a tapioca and according to our tour guide it was the main food of the vietcongs during the war.
Our cuchi tunnel tour ended at around 1:00 PM. We arrived at Ho Chi Mihn at 3:00 PM. We visited some of Ho Chi Mihn famous landmarks. I really love the Notredame Cathedral.
We had a quick snack at the Diamond plaza which is the largest mall in Saigon. It was also just a walking distance from Notredame. We also had a mall tour at Diamond plaza and look for something to buy. We planned to watch a movie but we're running out of time as we still need to look for the Northface outlet.
Sad to say after looking around the city we did not find the Northface outlet. We've decided to come back to our hotel to have dinner.
As we wait for our flight back to Manila at 1:05 AM the next day we just chill at the hotel lobby and do our usual people watching.
We dropped by at Ben Than market to buy pasalubong before we leave.
It maybe just a short trip but our stayed in Vietnam was also a memorable one. We may not explore the other part of Vietnam and will definitely come back.
Till my next stop.
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