Ho Chi Minh City 匆匆一瞥

Went to Ho Chi Minh at the beginning of the year for a training.

The class finished off in the evening, leaving me only night time to visit the city.

Here's a short post of what I remember of the city....

年头去了胡志明市参加课程。 

每天下课后天都黑了， 尽管努力探索还是没法好好体验这座城市。

留下的只有这些片断而已...

Spotted another motorcyclist with incredible balancing skill!~
越南的的摩托骑士 一个比一个厉害。 这个载着小山一样的藤椅~

A very "skilful" lady rowing the boat with her feet.
在西贡河上用脚划船的又一个高人 :o

Drive pass a big park and saw many people relaxing there.

Love the atmosphere, great place for a sketch too.
经过一个很大，好多人的公园。
看起来好舒服。 是个写生的好地方。

Teenagers taking photo outside Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame 教堂外。
很喜欢大树映在墙上的投影。

Construction workers having their dinner
beside the fountain in front of Saigon opera house - a big contrast.
That's the strongest impression I have about Vietnam after the trip.

在西贡歌剧院前吃着饭盒的建筑工人们。
整个落差很大的感觉。

Lights and decoration everywhere due to Chinese New Year is around the corner.
Felt more festive than it is in Malaysia.
因为靠近新年， 街上都是灯饰和华丽的布置。
比马来西亚还热闹。

Saigon opera house
西贡歌剧院

Cruise on the Saigon river with dinner and performance. 

The scene isn't spectacular,

but sitting on the deck with wind in my hair and taking in the view was enjoyable.

夜游西贡河，船上提供晚餐和歌舞表演。
餐后我就到甲板上吹吹风看夜景。相当自在惬意~

A local classmate brought us to this bbq dinner
在胡志明市最后一晚，一起上课的当地同学带我们去吃烤肉。

He cheekily ordered this dish which look like just normal bird's egg until I peeled one

just to discover to my horror it's a fertilized embryo >o<"

I ate it anyway, grabbing a beer on my other hand just in case...

Turns out it tasted alright, once you get over its look and texture :p

我那个看起来敦厚老实的同学点了鸟蛋让我们吃。
（注意是看起来而已， 因为我后来发现我们错得很厉害。这是恶作剧吧？）
剥开来我才发现里面是成形的小鸟/鸡耶！！

当时真的是又怕又好奇， 抓着啤酒杯准备一不对劲就把它灌下去。
结果...还 OK 嘞~
 味道稍微腥一点， 咬着会吃到软骨和羽毛， 其它的都正常。

Wanting to make full use of my last night in Vietnam, I went to a flower market after dinner.

It was really late but crowds were still coming in, even children.

听说有因为新年开到很夜的花市， 便在餐后去逛逛看。
花市很大， 而且十一点多了还很热闹， 大人小孩都有。

Snapped this picture before leaving around midnight. 

The shop owner was already sound asleep on his chair.
Good night and bye ~

十二点多，
有个店主人已经在摊子旁睡着了。
照了最后这张照我就离开了。
再见咯 ~