The hotels here are very expensive, but you can still get better accommodation if you pay carefully. It’s a pity that I didn’t try the barbecue rice at that time. I will remember it next time I come back.
I walked around Mui Ne in the morning and got up at 7 o'clock. I missed the most beautiful moment of the fishing village, but fortunately I found new food. On the way to Fairy Creek, I met a guy who said he would help Yunluo lead the way and said the price was itsuptome. Yunluo naively believed him and went to Fairy Creek with him.
But it turns out that if Yunluo looks for it by herself, she probably won't be able to find the Fairy Stream until the afternoon. The Fairy Stream has a very small entrance, and I personally think it is very beautiful without tickets. On the way, I had a good chat with the young tour guide. He said that he was in the second year of high school and was going to study to be a tour guide. In the future, he would take tourists around Vietnam. Yunluo always thought that the young man could do it, as long as he didn't mention the issue of money.
Afterwards, Yunluo went to White Beach. It was very far away and cost NT$95,000 for two days of gas, but it was worth it. The hot sand on the White Beach and the sand that hurt my legs deeply touched me. It is always this kind of completely natural scenery that touches people. On the way back, Yunluo sat quietly by the freshwater lake and felt that his mind became so clear.
The refreshing Vietnamese wind blew Yunluo back to the red sand dunes, and on the way he met a film crew. When he arrived at the place, Yunluo found that he had been cheated. The child asked Yunluo for money, 100,000 yuan, and Yunluo only gave him 10. A group of children surrounded him, and Yunluo bargained with him for a long time, and finally gave him 50,000 yuan.
But I still felt cheated. I went back to pack up and got ready to get in the car. At the door of the room, with my back to the sea, feeling the sea breeze, a few people were eating and chatting next to me. A few Indians looked around, and only then did I feel that Mui Ne was a good place, peaceful and sad.
At that moment, I felt extremely calm, but when I recalled it, I could never go back to the past. Yunluo felt that he had made a good deal for six dollars a night, but later he heard from Sister Xiaoying that the room they stayed in was five dollars, with air conditioning and wifi. Yunluo bowed down, it seems that the more people you have, the better.
The car was at 1:30, and Yunluo returned the car at 1:00. I got my ID card back. I waited there. Actually, I was quite hungry. I didn't eat last night. I only had a squid, shrimp, pork and bean sprout pancake this morning. Now I was growling with hunger. On the way to find food, I met Xiaoloujie. She bought a baguette worth 30,000 yuan and soy milk worth 15,000 yuan. Yunluo could only admire: rich people.
Yunluo bought a yogurt and vanilla ice cream on the roadside for lunch. It was late when he arrived in Saigon in the afternoon. At 7:20, Yunluo and Xiaoloujie agreed to meet at New Coffee, but she didn't show up. Yunluo casually strolled around and bought a baguette worth 12,000 yuan, making up for the pain of 30,000 yuan baguette at noon today. He was very proud and felt very accomplished.
When they were halfway through the meal, Xiao Fan appeared. Their eyes met. Yun Luo hugged her tightly. After that, Yun Luo found that after tonight's conversation, this girl was also a young man. Her smiles with all kinds of connotations left Yun Luo speechless. Everyone had dinner together in the evening, seafood, Yun Luo listed them, and in the end each person paid 150 yuan, poor bastards can't afford it.
After dinner, Xiao Fan went back home, and Yun Luo continued to walk around the street, walking the entire street, over and over again, eating fruit, super spicy meat baguette, and going back to the dormitory. In the evening, they talked in bed again, until one o'clock. Yun Luo and the other one were really good at chatting.
Attractions: Central Post Office, Red Church, City Hall, Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Revolutionary Museum, Indian Temple, Central Mosque, Riverside BBQ. Saigon is said to be in Saigon at five o'clock. Saigon is also known as the "Little Paris of the East", one of the reasons is that there are French buildings everywhere.
During the French rule in Saigon, they built many French-style buildings, bringing their country's style to this oriental country. The Red Church, the City Hall, the Central Post Office... all reflect the romantic feelings of the French and the tolerance of the people of Ho Chi Minh City. In addition to French-style buildings, the Vietnam War sites in Ho Chi Minh City have also attracted the attention of tourists, bringing them reflections on the war.
We didn't arrive at Pham Ngu Lao Street until 7:30. Pham Ngu Lao is a gathering place for tourists in Saigon. No place is more lively than this place at night. Xiao Loujie and Yunluo set out at the same time and arrived at 8 o'clock. Yunluo, Xiao Fan and Xiao Lou's first meal in Saigon was a seafood food stall next to Pham Ngu Lao. The seafood here is sweet and sour, with a strong sugar taste, but the taste is very good.
It is definitely the brightest scenery on the street at night. Yunluo likes to travel the city alone at night, looking at the noisy city, and has a kind of pleasure of being out of the world.
We were so tired that the next day, it was already 9 o'clock when the clouds came down. We had a quick bite and then set off. The first stop was the Revolutionary Museum, which looked like a government building. The ticket cost 20,000 yuan, but we didn't go in. Because the Independence Palace we went to later was larger and more meaningful than this one.
The ticket to the Independence Palace is NT$30, and you can spend about an hour there. If you are lucky, you can even get a nice free tour guide. Not far away, you will reach the Red Church, which is the most elegant church Yunluo has ever seen. It is a masterpiece of the French, and the bricks were all airlifted from France.
Next to the church is the Central Post Office, which has a large portrait of Ho Chi Minh. The post office is very large and sells all kinds of souvenirs. After that, we went to the War Remnants Museum, and everyone who has been there was shocked. It is said that more people go here than to the Reunification Palace. Every photo is denouncing history, and every photo is warning the world of the suffering that war has left on the people.
Whether it is the depth or the breadth, it is often underestimated. Yunluo spent three hours strolling around for 20,000 yuan. After returning home at night, it was once again the prosperity of Pham Ngu Lao. This huge gap made Yunluo see the tolerance and vitality of Saigon, from a city ravaged by war to a prosperous and free economic center.
The Vietnamese told Yunluo that every heavy step was approaching the gate of heaven, and hope was so great that it could bring people back to life. After visiting the War Remnants Museum, Yunluo also visited the Indian Temple, the City Hall, the Central Mosque, and stopped by the river to rest for a while (the barbecue stall by the lake was also a beautiful sight).
We also went to a famous funny ice cream shop. You can choose any five balls for 75,000 yuan. There happened to be a waiter who could speak Chinese, so we didn't have to play the game of guessing the clouds. The recommended flavors here are durian, rum, and the super sour cranberry flavor that is especially popular with girls. There was no map, so we took a lot of detours.
It was already past nine when we arrived at Pham Ngu Lao. We sat in Crazy Buffalo and drank the local Saigon beer, watching people coming and going, and seeing the girls who were visiting, feeling lonely but satisfied. Later, Yunluo bought a ticket for 11:30 tomorrow night to go to Siem Reap. The buses to Siem Reap are usually at 8 am and 12 pm.
Some tour buses still have cars at 10 am. Generally, the day and night buses to Siem Reap are 18 US dollars, but Xin Coffee only sells for 17 US dollars. However, because he did not have a night bus, Yunluo chose another company. Since he had no US dollars on him, he also exchanged some US dollars.
The visa at the border costs 25 dollars. Since the US dollar can be used as a circulating currency in Cambodia, it is no problem to exchange a little more. The next day, Yunluo got up early enough. Xiaoloujie, who lived with Yunluo, had already left. Yunluo decided to go to the post office again to send some more postcards to her friends. Postcards are sold everywhere here. The ones sold in small shops are cheaper than those in the post office, and there are more styles.
Another thing is that you will meet many Chinese people in the post office. Yunluo met many companions in the post office the next day. Finally, I was bored and went to Tianmu Temple with two Koreans and a girl. Tianmu Temple is far away and it takes 2 hours to walk along the main road. There are two other attractions around Tianmu Temple, Guanyin Temple and, on the way back.
Yunluo had the most satisfying meal so far at the street stall, 20 thousand (6 yuan) chicken leg rice, fried chicken leg + fried rice, tea, lettuce, Yunluo was moved and his eyes were wet again. That day happened to be the night of the Olympic Games between Japan and South Korea, and the two Koreans were not going to sleep.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Haha. In the evening, I caught up with Sister Xiaoying. Yunluo and Xiaoying usually arrived when Yunluo was about to leave a city. During the few times they talked, Yunluo heard about all the privileges that girls could enjoy, such as being invited to dinner, taking taxis, visiting luxury houses, and receiving gifts.
The girl went out alone, and Yunluo thought that this proved a universal theorem: the greater the risk, the higher the return. At 11:30, the travel agency asked Yunluo to gather and wait for the bus. The ticket cost 18 dollars. Before getting on the bus, the travel agency gave people a form to fill out for a visa to Cambodia, and charged a visa fee of 25 US dollars (actually 20 yuan visa fee + 5 yuan tip).
Yunluo thought the bus market started at half past midnight, but in fact, because the checkpoint was open in the morning, Yunluo slept in the parked bus all night. This kind of international bus is very cold at night. Although blankets are provided, the cold wind is pervasive. Yunluo slept in the relatively warm luggage room on the first floor that night.
So I suggest you keep warm before taking the bus. The next day, I started to cross the border at 7:00, arrived in Phnom Penh at 12:00, and departed from Phnom Penh at 1:30, and arrived in Siem Reap at 7:00 in the evening. In fact, this is the same as the arrival time of the bus at 8:00 in the daytime. Some buses even arrived earlier than Yunluo, which means Yunluo just paid less for one night's room. I spent the whole day in the bus.
It was mainly Yunluo and Xiaoloujie's day. Yunluo couldn't handle getting up early, but Xiaoloujie was ready after 6 o'clock. Yunluo was embarrassed to continue sleeping shamelessly, so she faced the pressure and got up silently. After cleaning up, Yunluo had breakfast. She ate noodles, which were said to be disgusting. (To be continued...)