Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
An overdue post.
On our trip to India 6th April and back to Brunei 12th April we had a 6 hours transit. We were given rooms at the Pan Pacific KLIA hotel to check-in and rest. Pan Pacific KLIA hotel is just 1 minute drive from the Airport.
Checkout the photos I took below.
I'll be flying off to India this Sunday. Will go to New Delhi and Bangalore. This will be an interesting trip for me. I hope I can update my blog with some photos from there :) .
Got my ticket today.
My flight itenary
Also went to get my injection today. Were given 2 injection for Hepatitis A and Typhoid.
Vaccination Booklet
Found this photo from the training CD sent to me. It was taken during my trip to Vietnam in April this year. It's a yearly conference and I hope I can go again next year.
I'm happy to be back home with the family. I've taken a day off from work today.
Overall, the trip was good. Learnt new things and history of Vietnam from the city tour. There's a couple of halal restaurants around the hotel I stayed. If you plan to come to Vietnam, just bring US Dollar you don't actually need to change it to Vietnamese Dong. Everyone accepts US Dollar there. Can't exchange from Brunei Dollar, only found one money changer that accepts Brunei Dollar but the exchange rate was very low.
Here's the last shot we took before we go to airport.
Overall, the trip was good. Learnt new things and history of Vietnam from the city tour. There's a couple of halal restaurants around the hotel I stayed. If you plan to come to Vietnam, just bring US Dollar you don't actually need to change it to Vietnamese Dong. Everyone accepts US Dollar there. Can't exchange from Brunei Dollar, only found one money changer that accepts Brunei Dollar but the exchange rate was very low.
Here's the last shot we took before we go to airport.
Last photo taken in Vietnam
Today is my last day in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. My flight back later is 4:30pm (5:30pm Brunei Time). As I'm leaving Vietnam, I would like to share a couple of videos I took at the hotel lobby.
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Just completed my one hour run on the hotel treadmill. I'm feeling excited as tomorrow I got to go back home and meet my family. Anyway, checkout my run summary below.
Speed against time
8.9km/h for 0 - 5 minutes
9.1km/h for 5 - 10 minutes
9.3km/h for 10 - 15 minutes
9.5km/h for 15 - 20 minutes
9.8km/h for 20 - 25 minutes
10.0km/h for 25 - 38.10 minutes
* completed 6KM, walk at 5.6km/h for 1 min 50 sec then continue running
9.1km/h for 40 - 58 minutes
11km/h for 58 - 60 minutes
* completed 9KM in 58 min12 sec
Location : Sheraton Saigon Gym
Distance : 9.27 KM
Time : 60 minutes
Inclination : 1.0
Calories burn : 749
Nike+iPod Chart
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Last night, I was invited by the Malaysian participants for a dinner at one of the "halal" restaurant here. The restaurant name is Restoran Empat Musim (Four Seasons Restaurant). It's around 200 metres walking distances from the hotel where I'm staying.
Four Seasons Restaurant
The restaurant serves Malay foods. The waiters and waitresses can speak malay. I was pleasantly suprise to see "Roti Kosong/Telur" and "Teh Tarik" also in the menu. The price for the foods and drinks is similar or cheaper to what we pay in Brunei. The foods is excellent, I especially like the Fried Chicken and Beef menu we order.
Fried chicken
Beef with mixed vegetables
Fish (don't remember what's the menu name)
Brinjal with Sambal Malaysia
I ordered Watermelon Juice and tryout Vietnam Coffee after the meal.
Vietnam Coffee
I really enjoy the foods and thanks again for treating me for the dinner.
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Apart from the motorcycles, one other thing that caught my attention here is their power cabling. Check out the photo below.
Power cables beside the road
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Today is the first day of seminar. After the seminar I decided to do another quick run before the welcoming dinner later. Checkout my run summary below :
Speed against time8.7km/h for 0 - 5 minutes
9.0km/h for 5 - 10 minutes
9.5km/h for 10 - 30 minutes
12.0km/h for 30 - 31 minutes
10.0km/h for 31 - 32.28 minutes
* completed 5KM in 32.28 minutes, walk at 5.5km/h for 4 minutes
Location : Sheraton Saigon Gym
Distance : 5 KM
Time : 32.28 minutes
Inclination : 1.0
Calories burn : 409
Nike+iPod Chart
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Me and my colleagues took a half day city tour yesterday. Price for 3 persons is 25 US Dollar each. This includes a private air-conditioned vehicle, english speaking tour guide, all admission fees and reasonable supply of drinking water. We visited the following places.
1. The Reunification Palace : Here on April 30th 1975 the "American War" officially ended when tank number 843 of the North Vietnamese Army crashed through the gates of what was, at the time the residence of the President of the Republic of Vietnam.
The Reunification Palace
2. War Remnants Museum : Formerly known as the Museum of American War Crimes, this is a poignant display of the futility of war.
Mark looking at the photos
One of the aircraft on display
3. Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office : Built between 1877 and 1883 this is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture.
Notre Dame Cathedral
Old Post Office
Old Post Office
4. Ben Thanh Market : This bustling market is very popular with tourists, primarily due to it's central location. It has a wide selection of goods ranging from fake Nike shoes to beatiful silk Ao Dais.
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Apart from these places, we also visited the local market, the local handicraft place, Goddess of Ocean Temple in China town and lunch at Pho 2000 (made famous when President Clinton ate there).Local Market
Local Handicraft
Pho 2000
Local Handicraft
Pho 2000
I fully recommend those who come here to take the city tour and get to know more about the history of Vietnam.
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I manage to do a quick run at the hotel gym this morning. The gym have very good facilities. It has big treadmills (Matrix MX-T4). Since I can't spent too much time in the gym, I decided to do a 30 minutes run. Checkout my run summary below :
Speed against time
8.7km/h for 0 - 5 minutes 9.0km/h for 5 - 10 minutes
9.5km/h for 10 - 15 minutes
10.0km/h for 15 - 20 minutes
11.2km/h for 20 - 30 minutes
* completed 4.90KM in 30 minutes
Location : Sheraton Saigon Gym
Distance : 4.90 KM
Time : 30 minutes
Inclination : 1.0
Calories burn : 396
My Nike+iPod showing I ran 4.81KM. That's 900 metres difference!
Nike+iPod Chart
As mention in my previous post. There's lots of motorcycles here and 99.9% of the riders and passengers don't wear helmet. Checkout the video I capture this afternoon.
Related post :Greetings from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Landed here around 8:45pm local time, that's 9:45pm Brunei time. This is my first trip to Vietnam. Will be here till Sunday. Hope to take more pictures of Ho Chi Minh City this whole week and post it here.
From the airport to Sheraton Saigon Hotel is around 20 minutes drive. There's lots of motorcycles and scooters on the road. None of the rider or passenger wear helmets.
Here's some photos I took at the hotel. Big and very nice hotel.
From the airport to Sheraton Saigon Hotel is around 20 minutes drive. There's lots of motorcycles and scooters on the road. None of the rider or passenger wear helmets.
Here's some photos I took at the hotel. Big and very nice hotel.
Sheraton Saigon Hotel
Lobby area
My room
Toilet
Additional info :
- Flight time from Brunei is approximately 1 hour 35 minutes.
- Vietnam is one hour behind Brunei time.
- Power plug is the same as in Brunei.
- Vietnam currency is Vietnamese Dong (VND). If you travelling here, bring US Dollar (USD) or Singapore Dollar (SGD) . 1 USD around 15,000 to 16,000 VND. 1 SGD around 10,000 VND.
- Mobile phone roaming not an issue for DST customers. However, there's "No Service" for B.Mobile. Either Vietname haven't implement 3G network or B.Mobile doesn't have any roaming agreement with the mobile operators here.
P/S :
To RF missus.... love you dear...
To RF missus.... love you dear...
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