This June Holiday - Manila Hotel Discount!

Thinking where to go this school holiday? Go Manila, there are plenty of discount can be found in Zuji Travel!

What you can do in Manila? You can take Kalesa ( the horse-drawn carriage) to tour around the city hotspot at 250 pesos/hr. Must bargain with the driver before you take the ride!

If you taking cab, you need to ask the driver to turn on the meter, else you might be over charge!

Manila is also a great place for nightlife if you like to drink. There are a lot of bars around.

Food to eat:

1) try local food at the Saturday market in Salcedo Village parking lot

2) A lot of American-Asian fusion food.

Place to see:

1) Manila Cathedral

2) UNESCO San Agustin Church in Intramuros

3) Visit Chinatown at Binondo to get great bargain.

Day- trip to Malacca

Malacca is a great place to eat and buy cheap stuff. Driving from Singapore is about 3-4 hrs car ride. You can plan a day tour to Malacca if you wish. In-between you can stop at Pagoh to have breakfast.

A new water theme park Melaka Wonderland Theme Park has just open in May 2010, opp the zoo. The entrance ticket cost abt MYR30 in weekends. They have a facebook group where you can find the photo of the theme park. Big water tunnel if you like. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melaka-Malaysia/Melaka-Wonderland-Theme-Park-Resort/300814619074?ref=nf

Food that you must have there:

1) Nyonya dish - where there is many nyonya restaurant near Jonker Street.

2) Cendol - Jonker 88 sell best cendol and Laksa. The guala Malaka together with the coconut is so much tasty than in Singapore.

3) Nyonya kueh - best is the Baba Charlie just a few minutes ride from Jonker street. Tengerah 72 Jalan Tengkera Pentai 2, 75200. It is located is a small lane. In main road, when you see Walls ice-cream factory and turn in you will find the shop.

Jonker street night market is the palace if you like shopping just like me, this street is a heaven for you. I can get earring for 1 ringgit and the quality are good.

Shoes are pretty cheap in Malaysia.

If you plan to buy grocery in Malaysia you can forget about it. Most of the item are comparable if not more expensive than Singapore in SengSong or NTUC.

Places for sight-seeing:

1) Museum

2) St Paul Church

3) The Baba and Nyonya Heritage

Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon)

Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon) is a city that you can shop cheap, eat and sight-seeing. However you must be able to stand the motorbike zooming around and vehicle horn sound from the busy traffic.

First thing when you arrive at airport, equip yourselves with the maps of Ho Chi Minh. The city is very easy to move around and the maps provides has lots of information too.

The city is divided in district. You can easy move around cab which are cheap, safe and comfortable.
But if you want to have a real taste of the life in Vietnam, you should try riding their taxi-motorbike.

Currency they use are in VND (Dong) and USD is also accepted in most stall. The conversion rate some store is charging is about 1 USD for 15000 -16000 Dong. Is better if you change to Dong before you go shopping, and it will help you to save alot. If you spending 3 days 4 night, bring $400SGD shall be sufficient, exclude hotel. http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/?u#from=USD;to=VND;amt=1

Food you must try:
1) famous coffee - you can find any where along the street.
2) Nem Ran or Cha Gio (fried spring roll)
3) Vietnamese rice noodle, Pho
4) baguette - they sell a lot of sandwiches.
4) Lemon Grass is the famous resturant that you can try variety of vietnam food. Is located at 4 D Nguyen Thiep, Dong Khoi Area

Cheap things worth to get. Especially if you are seller. You can go to Benh Tahn Market (District 1) or Chinatown- Cho Binh Tay(District 5). Personally, I found that I can get very good bargain in Chinatown, especially if you buy in bulk. However you need to take special care when you travel in Distritc 5. Benh Tahn Market is more for visitors. You must really bargain when you shop in Vietnam! The price slash to 1/3 of the original price they quote.
1) handicraft (beads) bag
2) beads shoe
3) leather bag, belt and shoe
4) hair clips and hair accessories.

Must see and do in city
1) Notre Dame Cathedral - located at Quang Truong Cong Xa Paris, District 1
2) Ho Chi Minh City History Museum - located at 2 Nguyen Binh Khiem St, District 1
3) Reunification Palace (Independent Palace) - located 133 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia St, District 1
4) Ho Chi Minh Museum - 1 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4
5) Watch water puppet show at History Museum or Golden Dragon Water Puppetry Theatre inside of Tao Dan Park.

Budget Day Tour. You can go to Sinh Cafe located at Pham Ngu Lao to book your day tour when you arrive or thru internet. http://sinhcafe.com/index.htm. Cost about 45USD.
1) Cu Chi Tunnels
2) Mekong Delta