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Originally Posted by marcopit
Hi All Samster,
im so excited for my virgin trip to Vietnam. Especially need to meet my baxa parents...i cant speak viet!!!
What gift should i bring for her parents (SGD100 angpao izit ok or gift is preferred)? I be there in her province (Mekong Delta) for 2 weeks, is $1K enough for daily expense (3 meals & drinks for family of 8 adults & 5 kids below 8yrs old)?
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I brought 700... still change me back 150SGD....
Cant speak Viet? No worries
Just need to keep saying "xin loi. Khong hieu. Cam on" and your ba xa should do the rest.
I went to her hometown in Dongnai(or lam dong?)... took the 5-hrs super comforty coach and reached there around 3am. They let me sleep in their masterbed room. Next morning, we went for breakfast with her family (2 out of 5 sisters were there with their mum), less than 150k can settle. Then her aunty came and we went to the market to buy ingredients to cook for the rest OF her relatives for lunch. I was waiting for about 45mins because butchers are mincing pork and beef (two loafs.. big one!) and 2 chicken... (i tot to myself.. hg, half of my expenses gone). Then, we went back home, and her relatives slowly came to help to cook and prepare the food. Then, relatives living in DALAT came.. and i offer to buy bia because the hard liquor is not enough for 10 over men... but she said nope bcos she don't want me to be tempted and reprimand those men. Everyone came to see me... (
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That night, she told me we spent alot.. and i'm prepared to hear the bad news.. she told me "800,000vnd"(45SGD?) Troi o!! After that, went to her mum's coffeebean plantations and her family businesses... then went back to ho chi minh to enjoy... couple spa everyday, hotel everyday because sound-proof, coffee day and night, movies, shopping
End of my 1 week tour, she pass me back 100SGD.
So, SGD1000 can be done. Only on honesty