Vietnam Day 11 : Why we chose Sinh Tourist Bus - Cafe 43 - Hoi An to Nha Trang and Dalat Sleeping Bus

Today we didn't go anywhere except Hoi An Ancient Town.

Breakfast in the guesthouse, She chose banana pancake while I had Banh Mi with scrabbled egg

Fake Sinh Tourist office is everywhere especially Ha Noi

In the early morning having breakfast in the guesthouse, the owner of the guesthouse ask where we were go next. Since we were going to the Da Lat, he suggested us to take An Phu instead of Sinh Tourist or Hanh Cafe as An Phu has direct bus to Da Lat while others need to change bus at Nha Trang. Below is the price of each company bus from Hoi An to Da Lat:

Sinh Tourist : VND298k (The price we asked in Sinh Tourist Office, the price quoted by the guesthouse is VND350k)
Hanh Cafe : VND280k (The price we asked in Hanh Cafe Office)
An Phu : VND300k (The price quoted by the guesthouse)

At last, we decided to book Sinh Tourist at the office as An Phu has very bad review after we read from the tripadvisor.com and Hanh Cafe has bad review too even tough the price is cheaper.

After we checked out, we walked to the Sinh Tourist Office and leave our backpacks there. Then, we enjoyed our few last hour in the ancient town.

Lunch at Cafe 43
Cao Lao VND29k, very big portion!
Milk Coffee VND16k

Fried shrimp spring roll, VND29k

Fried rice with chicken and vegetables VND39k

Making spring roll in one of the restaurant in Hoi An Ancient Town

Prepare the vege happily

Tradition fishing net in Hoi An

We tried the dessert in the shop near to the bridge to the island.

We called the Thap Cam means mixed all, there are red bean, green bean, black bean, jelly, corn etc. VND15k each

This is in the Banh My Madam Khanh. We took away for the dinner

Banh Mi Madam Khanh Mixed, VND20k

The bus schedules departure is at 7:15 and we had to reach the office an hour before to check in. We get a wet tissue and a small water bottle for each of us which cannot see in Hanh Cafe service.

After get on the bus, we get the below seat as we reserved with the office. The upper deck seats were empty which means the bus is filled less than half of the capacity. This is nice to us as we had more space to put our bag and shoes to other seat.

After bus departed, I slept as my stomach feeling full after eating banh mi. There were two stops for 30-45 minutes. First was 10pm and second was 2am. I was awake at the first stop.

The first stop over

The journey continues next day.

Our Expenses:
Coffee : VND25k
Lunch : VND130k
Dessert : VND30k
Dinner : VND40k
Clothes : VND150k
Souvenirs VND20k
Sleeping bus from Hoi An to Da Lat : VND598k
TOTAL : VND993k

Vietnam Day 10 : Hoi An Ancient Town - Money exchange in Hoi An - Hoi An Night Market

Today we just walked around the Hoi An Ancient Town. We didn't bought any ticket when we entered the ancient town as we walked in through the small alley. We were aware there is ticket which cost VND120k/adult. This ticket include the visiting the attraction place in the Hoi An. Since we were not interested about the interior of the building, we decided not to buy the ticket.

Vietnamese Coffee with fersh milk at our homestay, VND25k. 

Banh Mi and Omelette

Souvenir Shop

Tiong Hua Building

The Hoi An iconic building, Japanese Bridge

The roof of the Japanese Bridge

Many this kind of shop

We had lunch at the Mr Son as the food is quite cheap especially the any fruit shake only cost VND15k!

Banana Shake and Mango Shake, VND15k each

Fried Cao Lao with Squid, VND40k

Cao Lao with Chicken, VND30k

After lunch, we wanted to change some money as we were run out of VND soon. We asked every bank around the Hoi An Ancient Town. There is none of the bank accept the MYR. Then we can only changed at the gold shop. We asked almost all the gold shops near the Hoi An Market. We didn't changed the MYR to VND as the rate is not good since MYR is getting strong recently. The highest exchange rate that we asked is 5200VND/1MYR compared to the XE.com rate is 5500VND/1MYR. However, we changed with TWD as the rate is 740VND/1TWD. This rate is so good compared to the XE.com which is 755VND/1TWD!

After that, we were walking around for photos and shopped for some souvenirs. Then, we went to the Hoi An Night Market. This market stalls sell a lot of similar thing like banana pancake and grilled rice papar only. There is a lot of souvenir shops and 3D card stalls. We bought some 3D cards as it was so cheap that small one cost only VND20k and large one cost VND40k which cannot be found in any other place.

Big Chinese Fan

Vietnamese Coffee stall on the bike

Bicycle also need parking fee

Famous Banh Mi Restaurant in Hoi An

I called Banh Mi Ga, VND20k only. Quite Cheap

Fresh beer in most of the restaurants in Hoi An, Only cost VND4-5k/glass

A lot of tourist taking the tricycle ride around the Hoi An town

This building is very unique

For dinner, we were attracted by the grilled chicken roll. We called some and sit in the restaurant. This restaurant is quite unique that it sell main food and other small stall selling drink and ice cream.

Grilled chicken roll, VND10k each

Com Ga (Chicken Rice), VND30k

Fried Ice Cream

Chocolate flavour, VND30k

After that, she wanted to buy an Ao Dai as this traditional clothes look quite nice. We asked almost every shop in the ancient town. The cheapest that we get is in the night marker where she bought a blue one for VND450k. After that, I took a lot of photo for her in Ao Dai at the ancient town. Then we chilled out in the restaurant that sell a glass of fresh beer only for VND5k!

Japanese bridge at night

Our Expenses
Coffee : VND25k
Lunch : VND100k
Banh Mi : VND20k
Dinner : VND110k
Beer and Water : VND20k
Accomodation : VND234.5k
Souvenir : VND200k
Ao Dai : VND450k
TOTAL : VND1159.5k