Day 18: A visit to Hieudan's home

Following the hectic but rather delicious wedding celebrations... it was time to get back to my travel plans. Only a few detour plans awaited, one was to visit my friend's, Hieudan's family home.

Many of my friends in Brisbane were originally from Central and Southern Vietnam therefore, visiting their home city was a must!

Dan's family has moved from the city to the country side (local translation).  Her dad and mom built their new home there and started their own fish farm. Visiting was both an honour and a pleasure :)

We consumed Vietnamese pancakes till we had trouble breathing.  The most beautiful greens were coupled with the most delicious coconut pancakes and sauces. For dessert, we had coconut jello flowers on ice ...

Since everyone consumed so much food, our adventures continued by taking an hour long nap...and only once we awoke from our food-coma, took time to visit the farm. There were fish ponds all around, filled with all sorts of colours and sizes of fish. It was also my very first time to see dragon fruit trees!

Only a week left of my travels and a whole lot more grounds to cover.

Enjoy the photos
- R

PS: R.I.P. to Hieudan's mom

Day 19: 120 year old traditional Vitenamese house

Thao happens to have relatives who still own one of the oldest houses standing in her region.

This house is about 120 years old and has been used for various film productions.  This house has remained in her relative's ownership.  There has been many large money offers made for this house.  The government has tried many times to take this property away from her relatives but without success.

However, for me, my favourite part was when we attacked a tamarind tree and started consuming copious amount of tamarind.  The sour goodness was just the best.  Never before I had natural tamarind, only from a jar when making curry.

Overall, we had a lovely outing and learned lots about Thao's relatives and their history.

Next stop, the Mekong Delta!

- R

Day 17: Wedding day!

Dec 5, 2015 - The big day is finally here!

For this day, I will let the photos do the talking.  Van's special day contained 500 guests, 20 bridal party members, 5 or 6 lucky cakes, a 4 tower wedding cake, an 8 course lunch, and all in the time frame of 5am to 4pm .....have a look and drool :)