A HCM Weekend

It was not an ordinary weekend. Up by 3:45am to start our journey to Changi International. Though we needed only to be at the airport by 7:00am, Aaron-James needed to be at T1 by 5:00am for his trip to Laos. After dropping him off, it was to T3 for breakfast and to catch a few wink before our programme starts at T2. We were therefore at all 3 terminals in one morning.
Met the rest of the Serangoon GRLs at T2. With a quick check-in, headed to the lounge where Mum had some 20 min enjoying the massage chair. After meeting Mrs Lim and the rest near the departure hall, it was the "Attendance snap-shot" at T2 before embarkation.

In a rather tight scheduled programme after the landing/custom ritual. We experienced the various modes of transportation in Ho Chi Minh. We had the bus ride, river boat ride, horse cart ride, sampan rowing and of course, on foot (plus learning the skill of crossing Vietnamese roads). "Eating", the Singaporean past-time was well emulated there too.

Following the Day 2 morning programme for the GRLs, which included a short Tai Chi session to start the day, we headed to Cu Chi to experience the Vietnam War where tunnels were crawled, booby traps were demonstrated and rifles were fired (Had a choice of M16 or AK-47). A water puppet show after dinner was a refreshing period in an air-con environment, especially after a day in the jungle @ Cu Chi. Whilst some headed for the Ka-ra-ok session after that, we had our "must-try" coconut ice-cream before calling it a day. An early start for a quick breakfast and off to the Binh Tay Market to grab a few boxes of coffee plus whatever goodies that we could bargain for and experience the PHO-24 Vietnamese noodles before the trip back to Singapore. Mrs Lim's parting gift was a bag of Vietnamese coffee powder and had a shot with the participating families. On the whole, not too bad for a short weekend trip.