Tuesday, June 30, 2015

5D4N Ho Chi Minh Travel Itinerary 2015

Here's to share with you, my 5D4N Itinerary for those who are interested to travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, wondering what to see how much fund to prepare for the trip. I hope this post would give you some idea. 

To be honest, my 5D4N in Ho Chi Minh City does not cover the city thoroughly (just explored a bit of District 1 and Mui Ne). So if you are a hardworking traveler or explorer, you will definitely be able to explore more places as this trip we spent a lot of time lazing in Cafes and guesthouse. XD

Day 1: Alor Setar -->  Kuala Lumpur (KLIA2) -->  Ho Chi Minh City (SAIGON)

We took a morning flight from Alor Setar to KLIA2 and then proceeded with a noon flight (12pm) to Ho Chi Minh (also known as Saigon). We went HCM in a group of 6 girls. I like this number of people as even number is easier for sharing and our number is just nice to fit into a big taxi. It is my first time traveling with only girls, normally I'll have one or two guys in my travel group. Hmm... A different experience. 

It took us 2 hours to fly to Saigon. So we reached Saigon around 1pm (local time is 1 hour later than Malaysia). Prior leaving the airport, each of us got a SIM card with data. Then, we took a local bus to Ben Thanh Market, and walked to Sinh Tourist to get our bus tickets and tour checked in. 

Street view in front of Sinh Tourist. Motorcycles are everywhere!

Walked around District 1 while waiting for our bus to Mui Ne (at 8pm).

Around 7.30pm, we walked back to Sinh Tourist to prepare for our bus trip to Mui Ne. We booked a sleeping bus and hence we cleaned up at the office before we go on board. 

Day 2: HCM --> Mui Ne 

Bus trip to Mui Ne took us 5 hours and we reached there around 1.30am. Checked in at Diem Lien Guesthouse and then we rested for 3 hours before we go for the sunrise tour at Sand Dunes.

White Sand Dunes @ 5.30am

Red Sand Dunes

Mui Ne Fishing Village

Long waited ---- Fairy Stream

Cham Tower, Phan Thiet 

After touring around Mui Ne and Phan Thiet, we went back to our guesthouse to rest for a while. At 11pm, we checked out from the guesthouse. Then, we waited at the Sinh Tourist office and took another sleeping bus back to Ho Chi Minh at 1am. 

Day 3: Mui Ne --> Ho Chi Minh City --> Mekong River Day Tour --> Ben Thanh Market

Reached back HCM city around 5.30am. We have a day tour to Mekong River at 8am and hence we decided to rest before joining the tour. The Sinh Tourist office opens at 6.30am and hence we had to rest at Family Mart. 

Mekong River

Hand-rowing boat. New experience and really thankful to the 2 men who row our boat.
Thanks for the ride. =) 

Ben Thanh Market

Day 4: Cu Chi Tunnel (1/2 day tour) --> City Tour (on our own)

Cu Chi Tunnel half day tour was a very nice experience, but a tiring one. Walking along the tunnel for 60 meters made my thigh ached for a day. Body getting old. Oh! Not to forget to mention that I get to shoot with M16 at the shooting range.

The hiding hole. Didn't get to try it myself as there are too many tourists. =(

Our tour guide showing us how the traps work.

The Shooting Range. Boom Boom Boom!

Me shooting with M16! Fuh!

City Tour -- Opera House

City Tour -- Trying out the famous coffee shop (Trung Nguyen Coffee) 

City Tour -- Notre Dame Cathedral


City Tour -- Central Post Office

Day 5 : Ben Thanh Morning Market --> HCM Airport --> Kuala Lumpur -->
Penang --> Alor Setar

Early morning, we went to Ben Thanh market for breakfast and souvenir shopping. I spent all my VND in the market and left no money for lunch =S After that, we rested in our AirBnB place till checkout time. Then, took flight back to KL then Penang. And I drove back from Penang to Alor Setar. Such a tiring day and I feel sad to say goodbye to my holiday. 

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Here's my itinerary to HCM from 25th-29th June 2015. I spent about RM1000 including accommodation, flight, tours, bus tickets and also shopping. I would consider this trip as cheap as I bought quite a lot of stuff back, especially coffee. For coffee lovers, this is a must-visit place. There are so many cafes in HCM and all are with nice decoration and good coffee. 

Will blog about this trip in details later. =D Hope you enjoy reading this. Stay tuned! 

1 comment:

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