Needless to say, both of us got really charred shoulders and SUPER DUPER muscles aches from the Sapa trek so much so that I forgo the dress I brought along (with every initial intention to pose pretty for the seas and sand dunes in it) Also, going up or down a couple of stairs were enough to make us groan like old ladies (we practically slimmed down overnight thankz to the trek)
Checked into The Cliff Resort & Residences after a four hours drive from Cam Ranh International Airport - our car drove past beach resorts just next to each other and we were like "omg we should have chosen this for our accommodation instead!!" (everything looked so pretty from the outside you know) until the driver turned left and The Cliff came into view I GOT DUMBFOUNDED this place was definitively more high-end than the other pretty beach resorts we were just gushing over a while ago, it got to be the superlative resort in that area and I questioned myself "do we really need to stay in such a darn good place"
^ Forgive me, I folded my shorts coz it was too loose lol bitch much ?????
Obviously, our sand dunes photos damn phail and the terrain was so painful to walk on with fine sands prickling at your ankles from just the smallest picking up of winds (we could have taken the ATV but we did not) but it was nice choosing souvenirs at stores prolly a twenty minutes walk from The Cliff (yes, we chose to walk even tho we had every excuse not to coz MUSCLE ACHES) And then, Sis probably would have enjoyed the walk along the coastline and the walk into the sunset ... with her bf hahaha
OUR LAST STOP - It was alr 2pm by the time we arrived at Saigon via Vietnam Bus Tickets (five hours drive from Mui Ne to Saigon) Strong bkk vibez in Saigon - we had the nicest vietnamese food at Den Long (10/10 would recommend this place) the food actually tasted as flavorful as it looks in the pictures (: And the shopping scene there had been much more existential than I thought it would be - not as cheap as bkk, but the styles they carry were more varied and unique and less wholesale! And there's a PMQ equivalent here in Saigon called The Cafe Apartments - the kind of hipster place you would defo want to check out for the food and shopping ~ More shopping at Icon68 which hadn't really been intended for, but it was too early to be back at our dorm and yet we needed some place to wait out the storm SO WHY NOT
[x] shrimp and pork spring rolls
[x] potato pork cakes
[x] grilled chicken sauteed w/ 5 different seasonings
[x] seafood fried rice
[x] vietnamese coffee w/ condensed milk (cold)
Our last day of the trip had been a short one - mostly doing touristy things like shopping for souvenirs at Ben Thanh Market (be prepared for prices to be jacked up tenfold SIAO ONE JUST BARGAIN), taking pics in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and writing postcards from a McD nearby before mailing them out at Saigon Central Post Office (omg it's a beauty and for someone who loves sending postcards to friends from overseas, this place ranks damn high on my to-go list) But apparently, their efficiency is very much in question for none of my friends have received their postcards after like three weeks ever since I mailed them out ????? Anw I had been keeping a lookout for nice postcards to write on since day one (not those run of the mill kinds you know), but omg you wouldn't be able to find any anywhere except at the Central Post Office and the small indie shops in its vicinity, so now you know where to go for really nice postcards! (But alas for my friends, I still wrote on those run of the mill postcards)
MUST GO IN MY OPINION -
☺ Sapa Trekking
☺ Den Long Restaurant
☺ The Cafe Apartments
☺ Saigon Central Post Office
VIETNAM AUG 2017 - VLOGGED!
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