Away we go!
2024年2月25日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Got to Melb Airport and through check in and customs (took 110 minutes because we couldn't check in online ewwww haha). Now to grab a quick midnight snack (arancini, ciabatta sandwich and a white chocもっと詳しく
Vietjet Red Eye: random thoughts
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
- I stand by my hard stance that children under 5 (ESPECIALLY babies) should be BANNED from red eye flights. The first hour of the flight had me wanting to chlorophyll this toddler who viscerallyもっと詳しく
LaCasona Hotel
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We've been able to check in early to our hotel at no extra cost (which means my day plans are void hahaha so we can play the day by ear) which is a pleasant surprise. The Hotel has all the basicもっと詳しく
Breakfast at Skymian
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Our first meal in Vietnam at Skymian Coffee House. Bustling atmosphere with lots of people (basically our gage on how we pick restaurants for this trip hahaha). Food was Yummo and hit the spot.もっと詳しく
The weirdest massage ever
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
I decided to have an aromatherapy massage at a spa down the road from our hotel whilst Michael slept off some jetlag. I went in thinking I was having an aromatherapy session, you know, where they rubもっと詳しく
Late Lunch at The Train Restaurant!!!
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
This place is adorable (and tasty). The premise is that you order your food and drinks and they come to you by mini train. There are a heap of gorgeous wooden model landmarks from all over the worldもっと詳しく
Hidden Rooftop Bar
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
We noticed some fairy lights from our balcony and went to investigate... Turns out it's a rooftop bar with a beautiful view of the city line of District 7! We had the place to ourselves and it was soもっと詳しく
Korean BBQ
2024年2月25日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Having a late dinner at a local Korean BBQ place Michael spotted earlier in the day. We ordered some beef, pork and a bimbibap bowl. Little did we know.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The whole table was full ofもっと詳しく
Reunification Palace
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Today we are on a private tour of a bunch of landmarks and places in HCM City. We have a lovely air-conditioned bus to take us around (it's 37 degrees here today) and our first stop was Reunificationもっと詳しく
Burning Monk Monument
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Next stop on our cultural tour is in District 3 to see the monument for the Burning Monk. Basically, there was a time period where the current Vietnamese President was Catholic and wanted to wipe outもっと詳しく
Spy House!
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Next up we went to a spy house! During the wars between north Vietnam and south Vietnam, the north sent spies to buy houses in HCM and build bunkers to store weapons. We got to go down into the secretもっと詳しく
Oldest Apartment in HCM/Wet Market
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
We've gone deep out of the tourist areas (only whities around) to explore the oldest apartment complex in HCM in district 3. It was originally created for American soldiers and weapons, but is nowもっと詳しく
Home Saigon for lunch
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Our guide dropped us off at Home Saigon for lunch, which was set up in advance. Our menu was:
- cheese balls (Vietnamese arancini)
- rice paper rolls
- grilled chicken salad
- deep fried tilapia fishもっと詳しく
ChinaTown Temples
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
We visited 2 temples in Chinatown, which is in district 5. Learnt about the Chinese population and history with Vietnam, as well as the various Gods that are worshipped in the temples. The buildingsもっと詳しく
Cyclo!!!!!!
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Took Cyclos from ChinaTown to Binh Tay Markets (a wholesale market) and it was a lot of fun!!!! Really felt in the thick of it all, and there was so much to look at on the ride!
Binh Tay Wholesale Market
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Had a wonder around the Binh Tay Market, which is a wholesale market designed for merchants rather than tourists. There were so many different things being sold, from your standard bags, shoes andもっと詳しく
Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
The last stop on our private tour today is the Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda. This is the biggest Pagoda in ChinaTown, and had the most beautiful roof!!!! Loved the amazing giant bell and drum as well, whichもっと詳しく
Romance at Mars Venus
2024年2月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
A night of romantic fine dining out on Saigon River. The restaurant Mars Venus is a couple's specific restaurant that is on a floating island in the middle of the river. You get a cute boat out to theもっと詳しく
Cơm tấn for Brekky!
2024年2月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Cơm tấn (aka broken rice) is a staple food in HCM. It's basically rice with charcoaled pork and marinated egg. A very very simple dish, but supposedly a tasty one, and given I'm on holiday with aもっと詳しく
The Vietnam War Remnant Museum
2024年2月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
This is a tough blog post to write. I felt that given the history of Vietnam and the war that Australia participated in, that it was important that Michael and I see the Vietnam War from theもっと詳しく
Boost!
2024年2月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
We ventured into a shopping mall for some air conditioning (another 36 degree day today) and came across a Boost juice!!!!! It even had an Australian sign on it, so we had to get one. Also, boostsもっと詳しく
Late lunch at Secret Garden
2024年2月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
This place was recommended by our tour guide, and also gets rave reviews online. It is a restaurant five floors up in a random building that you have to go down an alley to get to. The food looksもっと詳しく
This afternoon/evenings events
2024年2月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
It absolutely piss bucketed on our way home from District 1. We just got in the Grab Taxi before it started to pummel. It's a good thing we adjusted our plans because it rained like this for hours. Weもっと詳しく
Bahn Mi!
2024年2月28日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We are checking out of our hotel in HCM this morning to head to Hoi An in central Vietnam. Figured I would nab down before we checked out and grab some local street grub for breakfast. I had seenもっと詳しく
Square Villa Resort - Hoi An!
2024年2月28日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We flew from HCM to Da Nang this morning and were collected by our hotel shuttle car to arrive into Hoi An this afternoon.
Our hotel is nestled right in the thick of Hoi An, and I've kind ofもっと詳しく











































































































































































Hope the white choc delish looking heart thingy makes you sleepy! Safe flight. Xo [Mumma Bear]