Excursions Saigon / Life style

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**Cooking course at a local house

Number of Passengers 1 2 3-5 Cooking course 61 50 46 Validity: 01 November 2006 -  31 October 2007

The Housewife and our guide will escort you on cyclo ride from your hotel through busy streets of Ho Chi Minh City to the Central Market. You would learn how to choose good and fresh ingredients then transfer to the local house. The mistress will entertain the guest by explaining instructions and briefing on origination and culture of Vietnamese cuisine. You will learn how cook  some specialties of Vietnam, how to use variety of herbs and prepare different sauces. Once you have completed the course you will have mastered the use of chopsticks and learnt the etiquette of a Vietnamese meal and  you will enjoy your own cook

Half day boat trip on Saigon River

Take a walk from your hotel to Bach Dang pier through the busy streets of Saigon in the morning (if your hotel is not located in the center, cyclo ride is provided) where you board on a motor boat for 3 hours cruise on Saigon river. No other places in Saigon that you could see the vivid contrast of urbanization and serenity of an underdevelopment area than along sides this river. One side is the centre of Saigon with high rise building and the other side is long lasting green dotted with thatched roof houses. Make some stops on the way to visit a local house, a fish farm and a lotus farm.

	Number of Passengers 1 2 3-5 6-9 10-14 15-19+1 20-up+1 boat trip on Saigon River 69 39 29 25 22 20 19 Validity: 01 November 2006 -  31 October 2007