Hanoi Trip (3) - Halong Bay dalam keadaan sakit (1)....

Today was February 23, 2013. This was our second day in Hanoi.. and today we were heading to Halong Bay. meant we had to check out the hotel.  my badan sakit lah sangat. esp tulang tongkeng.. faham - faham je lah kan kalau tulang tongkeng yang sakit means amat payah nak duduk lama - lamakan. and today, the journey would take about 4 hours for  170km and all depends on driver and traffic. susahnya hati i.. i m jenis yang jarang - jarang amat makan pain killer.. pasti i suffer. tengok je lah nanti yee.. anyway, before leaving, breakfast first..

well breakfast di bumi Uncle Ho ni tak leh lah nak main sumbat semacam je.. especially yang diserved by hotel.. just boleh makan bread, butter and jam. croissant and maybe other puffs.

then cereal, and fruit.

plus drink like Orang Juice, Watermelon Juice, fresh milk, hot coffee and tea.

kalau telur2 ni, mintak boiled egg or half boiled.. jangan lah duk mintak scrambled egg bagai.. lepas depa goreng bacon, dia goreng scrambled egg kita pulak. hee..haru kannn.. so, to be safe, BOILED EGG je. kalau boleh mintak depa basuh dulu egg kita tu.. if not, lepas depa buat macam atas tu, then kita cuci balik. to be safe also.. supaya kita tak makan najis.. Telur kotor direndam macam atas, sure bila kita angkat masih berair - air kan.. then air tu dah jadi air najis..then bercampur pulak dengan telur yang kita makan. so hati - hati ye.. just wanna share. 

ini yang i amik. Tea, cereal, and croissant. plus bread, jam, and butter. plussss.. half boiled eggs. makan bebanyak.. kenyang. tak perrlu nak makan nasi goreng ke apa ke.. 

we were the first took breakfast. orang lain tidur lagi sebab kitarang kena mulakan our activities kena awal pagi. nak jalan jauh lah katakan..

ok... done..and ready to go..

Morning departed for Halong Bay, we went through the scenic countryside..  paddy fields along the highway. had laju di sini memang berbeza dengan hadlaju highway kita.. ada 25 ada 40 ada 60.paling laju, 80 kalau ke Halomg Bay. no wonder perjalanan yang hanya sekitar 200km lebih memakan masa sehingga 4 jam.. masak pungkuq...heee..

on the way, we stopped at ABC Stop Over..apa yang ada di sini. biasalah kan, kalau amik package ni sure kita akan dibawa ke tempat - tempat sebegini. layan je lahh..

eeemmmm.. apa ingat nak hanglut ke mende - mende macam ni?

for sure tak akan beli menate gini gaya.. 

so depa dua ni kannn.. dia buat lawak lak dengan Mang Buncit ni. heeetengok tuuuu..cuit sana cuit sini.usap perut lagi..

malas nak berlama - lama di sini. 

lapar weii...ALHAMDULLILAH ada biscuit.. cover perut. heee

after 4 hours, maka sampai lah kita di Halong City.

smoking is allowed in this building. so for those yang tak tahan tu, or asthma tu bawak lah mask ye.. better.. macam - macam bau..

after queuing we heading to the small boat which it brought us to the big ship/junk cruise.

the dock where we would be transferred to the junk by small boat.

we embarked on a boat for an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay..get ready..just beware of the steps. and  ALHAMDULLILAH i made it.. just imagine, stairs lah yang i paling takut.. TAKUT JATUHHHH...

happy je sume..we were given the safety vest. not even us, the staffs were also wearing the vests. janganlah nak tunjuk hebat dengan kita tidak memakainya.. pasti akan ditegurnya.. PASTI.

see...our junk?...

oppsss...nope.. which one..

oo ookkk..this one..just about 5 minutes leaving the dock, we reached to our junk.

naik je ke junk cruise, we were given welcoming drinks.. wahhhh!!! seger.. then the junk pun berlayar lah.. MASYALLAHHHHH.. seronok sangat..


this dining area ni so spacious. bila bukak je tingkap tu udara luar yang dingin tu menyerbu masuk.. sejukkk.. nyaman sekali.

atas meja dah tersedia for our lunch but for the time being, we all entered our rooms which were located at the below deck..

ada sapa verangan nak  jadi  mak captain??

our rooms, 104, 106, and 108. just nice for 8 of us.. 

my bed. this was superior room. 2 twin beds. 

even this cabin was so small but it was so clean and the bed were so comfort.. terus rasa nak tidur especially macam i yang memang tengah sakit punggung ni.. duhai badan, sabar lah yeee.. tak boleh lepak - lepak lagi sebab ada activity menanti.. tak kan tak nak joint. terasa rugi bena..tunggu lah ye cam ne..

also got water heater which we really needed. so cold.

nice decorated and the bathroom was very good. clean.

this was another room for 3 persons. ada double bed plus one single bed.

this was the second deluxe room at 108. also for 3 persons. 

activity lepas tengok our cabins. gambaq je..

dan lagiii..

kita bagi chance pada anak - anak dara  bergambar lah kannn..

dan lagi...

sambil menyaksikan pemandagan di luar.. asyik..

tup - tup mamat tu pulak muncul..heee..panggil lunch you... okkk..tengok apa yang kitarang ngap kat atas kapal ni yeeee..

ada udang.. alaaaa udang ni just steam you.. huu..huuu.. dicampur serai, halia, dan ada sikit daun.. rasa - rasa macam daun bayam, tapi bukan.. but ok lah.. boleh dimakan. tapi sorang 2 ekor je...:-((((

ada macam lokan ni haahh.. tapi i tak tau the exact name of it. portion for 4 of us.. sikit bebbbb..

ada udang, ada macam suun...memang sedap..

dan ini yang ditunggu - tunggu.. Spring Roll Vietnam.. yang specialnya spring roll ini adalah kulitnya. depa guna paper rice bukan macam kulit popia yang biasa kita makan di Malaysia. kalau sesiapa yang biasa layan resto Vietnam di Malaysia ni sure dah tau cam ne paper rice ni.. so thin... see... 2 pics gak for each person.. tak cukup bebbb...

then ketam bersumbat cam tu lah.. digoreng then sumbat dengan seafood stuff lahh cam tu.. one for each person... aaarrrrrrr.....STRESSSSS...makan sikit.. hee

and fish.. ini bagi 4 orang.. 

sambil makan, sambil memandang keluar..MASYALLAHHH... what a day.. the junk was heading to the Halong Bay... so, perasaan tak berapa nak sedap waktu makan tu hilang hampir separuh..kira ok lah kannn...

sayur kobis ni agak banyak. tapi YA ALLAHHHH.. kurang rasa.. disebabkan keadaan food yang sebegini maka kami requested kicap plus cili.. baru laju sikit tekak i.. nasi dibagi bila 3 courses dah habis kami makan.. aduiiii... awat tak bagi last saje.. heeee.. sebab our group dalam cruise ini ada another group dari Germany. Maybe mengikut style depa lah kot.. Anyway, the impression to the food bit negative lah.. dalam 10 i hanya boleh bagi 5.. sebab i bukan jenis orang yang suka Chinese food. boleh makan, tapi bukan gila makan.. cam tu lahh..

satu lagi benda yang i tak faham... for our lunch againnnn..no drink provided.. weird tak.. even takat mineral water. when we requested plain water, depa merenung kami semacam.. then after sometimes, we noticed that we really needed plain water and terus mintak mineral water.. bottle one. baru lah dibaginya.. so, water under us.. i pulak bukan jenis minum air sejuk senantiasa kalau makan ni, i mintak coffee lah...

then baru diberinya fruit ni.. i tak jamah pun.. i have 2 reasons why.. first, fruit was served last.. i tak amik fruit last.. Ikut sunnah, fruit first.. betul kannn... then satu lagi, sebab buah ni i tak leh makan lagi dah.. not good for person yang ada low blood pressure macam i.dia akan drop kan lagi my blood pressure.. tak nak lah tambah penyakit yang dah sedia ada ni..... no more dragon fruit untuk i.. huu..huuu..:-((((

this was very exciting cruise..we could see a fantastic view of the picturesque scenery, blending with sky..and about 3000 limestone islands rising amazingly from the clear and emerald water...MASYALLAHH..

enjoying the view..

truly most impressive scenic sights.

then lepas makan, we went to the cabin. ada mandi, ada solat.. some berangan di sun deck.. 

Chef CiJu sempat pulak berkenalan dengan Makcik German ni..

bersembang at the sun deck.. sambil the junk was cruising. sangat hebat rasanya..even this was not a luxury cruise. but the experience made us feel that this was the most luxurious  trip for us.. heeee...

nasib tukang amik gambaq kann...huu..huuu.. but i really enjoyed taking pictures. more n more..

Oklah..nanti kita sambung lagi apa cerita selanjut nya.. i nak letakkan semuanya di sini in one N3 panjang lah bebeno.. ye lah gambar banyak sangat wei. boleh kongsi tengok lah kann.. ada satu lagi activity yang perlu dijalanni selepas ini.. lemme screen all the picca ye.. tungguu..

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Volume 7, Book 65, Number 297 :

Narrated by Qatada

We were in the company of Anas whose baker was with him. Anas said, The Prophet did not eat thin bread, or a roasted sheep till he met Allah (died).