Can Gio Mangrove Reserve: Bat City

We went into the reserve and went on a small wooden boat to boat around all the mangroves and see the bat colony of the area. There are around 300 bats in the area, and it's a protected heritage site.Lue lisää
We went into the reserve and went on a small wooden boat to boat around all the mangroves and see the bat colony of the area. There are around 300 bats in the area, and it's a protected heritage site.Lue lisää
Next up at the reserve is the monkeys. This local colony is looked after by conservationists as their food supply is lacking on this area of the island. So the centre has the small tourist groups feedLue lisää
The last piece of the animal puzzle today is the crocodile conservation reserve! They grow and conserve crocodiles here. The little ones are 7 months old, the medium are 1 year old, and then the restLue lisää
We had a delicious lunch of king prawns, shrimp and squid salad, marinated fish, honey soy chicken wings, rice, morning glory salad, omelet and rice crackers. I didn't take a pic of the full spreadLue lisää
Michael and I ventured out last night after dinner and on the suggestion of another tourist we met here we went to a rooftop bar that turned out to be a club! Anyone who knows Michael knows he is notLue lisää
We've wandered down 250m away from the hotel to have dinner and dessert locally. We've gone for some Korean fried chicken and fried chicken skin at a big Korean place (super tasty) and then to anLue lisää
I've left Michael to have some chill out time at the hotel and gone for a little thrift shopping adventure. Thrift shops are hidden in pockets of the city if you snoop through the alleyways andLue lisää
We needed to have a margarita in HCM, so figured today was as good as many! We went to a new York themed pizzeria 10 mins down the road, and ordered 3 mini pizzas (margarita, Hawaiian and 4 meats).Lue lisää
Just up the road from the Pizza Place is a really lovely chocolatier that I wanted to visit. It's basically the Koko Black or Vietnam, if Koko Black made their chocolate on site.
I ordered a coupleLue lisää
Given we had such a heavy lunch/dessert, we decided to keep it light for dinner and headed to a local noodle soup place near our hotel. Michael had sliced pork noodle soup, and I had wonton noodleLue lisää
MatkaajaCan’t believe how much you are seeing!