Lige lidt lækker daglig inspiration fra min pinterest-obsession..
Jeg har netop erhvervet mig et par nye solbriller, i stil med ovenstående, eftersom jeg en dag fik over-proppet min taske (kvinder!) & knækkede mine gamle – & haps, så fandt jeg et par skønheder, i denne stil, i Topshop. Derudover er jeg også på en konstant søgen efter lækkert casual business outfit inspiration & nye bikinier, eftersom dette bliver skam-brugt her nede, & altid kan fornyes. heh.
Jeg orker desuden ikke den store make-up i dagligdagen pga. varmen, så lækre røde læber er efterhånden blivet et friskt pust i tasken. & nå ja, så bor jeg pt ovenpå en tea-shop, som laver den lækreste passion fruit juice, hvilket er blevet en ren besættelse! (-;
..& så kan jeg altid regne med en sød lille godnat sang fra John Mayer!

Just a little delicious daily inspiration as a result of my pinterest-obsession..
I’ve just bought a new pair of sunglasses, similar to these above, because I one day got my bag over-stuffed (it’s a women thing!) and hereby broke my old ones – & then I found a couple of beauties in this style, in Topshop. Additionally, I’m also on a constant search for nice casual business outfit inspiration & new bikinis, since this is getting shame-used down here, and is always renewable. heh.
I also don’t use that much make-up down here due to the heat, so pretty red lips are gradually becoming a breath of fresh air in my purse. & well, I currently live on top of a tea-shop, which makes the most delicious passionfruit juice, and that have been a pure obsession! (-;
And then, I can always count on a sweet lullaby from John Mayer! 

Så havde søde Anja fødselsdag & så skulle Exchange-familien selvfølgelig fejre hende – & så fik vi os en ny favorit restaurant.. & en meget dyr en af slagsen. pokkers!

Vi tog nemlig på restaurant ‘The Log‘ i torsdags for at fejre Anja – efter at hun havde hørt gode ting om stedet. & dé rygter var super velfortjent! hold da op.

A L D R I G  har jeg set så stor & lækker en buffet! der var alt hvad vores hjerter kunne begære, så vi fik et luksus måltid, som bl.a. indebar hummer, østers, krabbe & den vildeste dessert buffet! – & så var hele stedet bare helt fantastisk indrettet!.. hyggen var; som at sidde til en familiemiddag hjemme i stuen. Såå dejligt!

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So, it was my sweet girl, Anja,’s birthday & then, the Exchange family should of course celebrate her – and then we got ourself a new favourite restaurant.. & a very expensive one. damn!
We went for the restaurant ‘The Log‘ last Thursday to celebrate Anja – after she had heard good things about this place.. & thouse rumors were super well-deserved! wauw.

NEVER have I seen so great & delicious a buffet before! there was everything our hearts could desire, so we got a luxury meal, which e.g. include lobster, oysters, crab & the most delicious dessert buffet! – & the whole place was just absolutely fantastic decorated! .. It was so cozy; like sitting at a family dinner in the living room back home. Soo nice!

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Oh yes; nu har vi været der! – HCMC Sky Bar.. 52. etager på et split sekund, & værsgo; en af de smukkeste udsigter min nethinde har været vidner til.
Cocktailsene der er dyre (dvs. DK priser), men pengene værd, & tidligere på aftenen er der skøn livemusik, så helt klart et besøg værd.. prøv at scor et bord ved vinduet, hvis du tør. Vi nød det! – for det var alt for lækkert! (-;

Mm’.. så kom weekenden, hvor jeg havde den dejligste & mest afslappende tur ved stranden med fire dejlige tøser fra mit Exchange hold. Vi fik simpelthen bare nok af storby larm & os, pakkede en lille taske & tog så til stranden fra lørdag morgen til søndag. Skønt!
Det er nemlig så heldigt, at når man i HCMC bliver træt af at være storby-individ, så kan man bare hoppe på 1,5 times bustur til Vung Tau – eller andre strande, for den sags skyld.. jeg skal helt klart have prøvet nogle forskellige i de resterende weekender af mit ophold. Heh (-;
Vi gav kun den nette sum af 180 dkr for transport retur & én overnatning, så det kan budgettet vist godt lige holde til.. Det var, ironisk nok, skisme dejligt bare at ligge vandret & stege til umenneskelige temperaturer! Pyyh. & sikke en skøn strand!, men det er jo typisk Vietnam.. Søndag eftermiddag blev det dog for varmt, så der lejede vi en motorcykel & fik suset byen rundt, hvilket virkelig er den bedste måde at se et nyt sted på! (-:
Hvis man nogensinde kommer til Vung Tau, så skal man for resten lige gøre sig selv den tjeneste at svinge forbi Sushi Tokyo & få fænomenal sushi til små penge. Mums..

HCMC Sky Bar

Vung Tau

Oh yes; now we have been there! – HCMC Sky Bar.. 52 floors in a split second, and there you go; one of the most beautiful views my mind have witnessed. The cocktails are quite expensive (i.e. DK prices) but worth it, and in the early evening there is great live music, so definitely worth a visit. Try to get a table by the window, if you dare. We enjoyed it! – It was too delicious! (-;

Mm’.. Then the weekend came, where I had the loveliest and most relaxing trip to the beach with four lovely girls from my Exchange team. We simply just got enough of the big city; packed a small bag and then went to the beach from Saturday morning till Sunday. Although! It is fortunate that when you live in HCMC and are tired of being a city-individual, you can just jump on a 1.5-hour bus ride to Vung Tau – or other beaches, for that matter.. I will obviously try some different ones in the remaining weekends of my stay. Hah (-; 
We only gave the tidy sum of 180 DKR for transport both ways & a one night stay, so I think the budget can handle it.. It was, ironically, really nice just to lie horizontally and roast for inhumane temperatures. And.. What a lovely beach!, but that’s just typically Vietnam.. On Sunday afternoon, however, it was too hot, so we rented some motorbikes and got our self a ride around town, which really is the best way to see a new place! (-:If you ever come to Vung Tau, you have to do yourself the favour to swing by Tokyo Sushi, & get phenomenal sushi for a little amount of money. Yummy.

Vi slog også vejen forbi Da Lat i vores helligdagsferie, d. 29. april – 3 maj. Da Lat byder på fantastisk natur! – hvilket er lige præcis hvad man har brug for når man er bosat i trafikkerede HCMC. Da Lat blev desuden også stedet hvor jeg, uden at ane det, fik skubbet en del grænser.. & brugt mit varme tøj! Hæh.

Den første dag ankom vi, ligesom i Hué, også til et ordentlig regnskyl, hvilket egentlig passede os fint, da vi så kunne score os en middags lur efter at have været oppe kl. L***, for at skulle til Da Nang lufthavn. Friske & udhvilet tog vi, da regnen var stoppet, på by rundtur, hvor vi besøgte, det i arkitektverdenen noget så omtalte, ’Crazy House’.

Crazy House er tegnet af ejeren, arkitekten Fru. Dang Viet Nga, som har arbejdet på huset siden 1990. Tanken bag huset er at, igennem arkitekturen, bringe folk tilbage til naturen – især i storbrug af broer & tunneler, som bringer ens tanker tilbage til skov & lava-flow. Som kritikerne siger, så kan dette hus beskrives som; ’Arkitekten Gaudi på syre’.

Vi elskede stedet, men mest pga. dens gode udsigt over byen, fremfor selve huset, som vi ærligtalt blev en lille bitte smule skuffet over, da det for os ikke levede fuldstændig op til de fantastiske ting, som vi havde hørt & læst om – hermed dog ikke sagt, at det ikke var fantastisk flot & gennemført rent arkitektonisk, for det var det bestemt! Jeg kunne bare godt liige have tænkt mig lidt mere realisme ift. hele udførelsen af stedets skov-illustrationer.. En altid kritisk frk. Nielsen! Heh.

Til gengæld blev jeg mere end fuldt tilfreds, på grænsen til overvældet, den efterfølgende dag.. Vi tog på Village tour, hvilket jeg, på alle tænkelig måder, vil anbefale folk at gøre! Grib en motorcykel & besøg en landsby! – det var dét vi gjorde, & det var helt fantastisk! Vi så lokale markeder (for dem i HCMC & andre små-store byer tæller ikke som lokale!), den smukkeste natur omkring Da Lat & besøgte lokale, som er så lokale, at de ikke kender til andre lande end Vietnam – udover selvfølgelig USA.. & nå ja, så fik vi delikatesser at spise såsom fårekylling, rotte, slange & frø. Jeg tror ærligtalt aldrig, at jeg har følt mig så beriget af livet, som jeg gjorde på den tur. At se en så anderledes vinkel af livet, som jeg gjorde den dag, satte hele min verden i et meget klarer perspektiv – virkelig..

Yes, Da Lat gjorde det godt.. men peeking-point må være den sidste dag, da jeg tog på Canoying tur i bjergene omkring Da Lat.. Egentlig tog jeg afsted med den indstilling, at turen var billig, & at det derfor, hvis jeg ikke turde nogle af aktiviteterne, stadig var fair for en dag med flot natur. Sådan blev det ikke. Tværtimod.
Jeg havde en modig dag, & hvor var det bare for fedt! – jeg fik i hvert fald skubbet nogle grænser.. mest af alt da jeg stod med vand væltende i hovedet ned af 25 meters klippevæg & opdager at der ikke er mere line, hvorefter jeg så får at vide at jeg ’bare’ skal hoppe de sidste 4 meter ned – jeg troede vitterligt jeg skulle dø. Intet mindre. Aldrig har jeg råbt så højt på min mor, som da jeg fløj baglæns ned i vandet, & aldrig har jeg prøvet noget så fedt! Egoismen tog over, for hold k*** hvor blev jeg stolt af mig selv! Det må man godt. (-;

Starting the day with good traditional vietnamese coffee;

Crazy House, Da Lat;

Village tour by motorbike – and some pretty amazing nature;

Visiting a kricket farm;

Visiting Truc Lam – by cable car;

Canyoning tour – ‘pushing boundaries’;

We went to Da Lat at our vacation doing the Vietnamese holidays, the 29th of April till the 3th of May. Da Lat has a lot of stunning nature to offer! – Which is exactly what you need when you are resident in the traffic chaos HCMC. Da Lat also turned out to be the place where I, without knowing it at all!, had some boundaries pushed.. & got my warm clothes used! Heh.

The first day we arrived there were a proper downpour of rain, which really suited us fine, since we then could score an afternoon nap after having been up way to early, to leave for Da Nang airport. Later, being fresh and rested, we took, when the rain had stopped, a city tour where we visited ‘Crazy House’. 

The owner, the architect Mrs. Dang Viet Nga, designed crazy House in 1990. The idea behind the house is, through the architecture, to bringing people back to nature – especially in great use of bridges and tunnels that bring your thoughts back to forests and lava flows. As critics says, this house is good described as; ‘The architect Gaudi – on acid’.

We loved the place, but most due of its good view of the city, rather than the house itself, which we frankly were a tiny bit disappointed of. This, because if, for us, didn’t lived completely up to the amazing things that we had heard and read about it – hereby it isn’t said, that it wasn’t fantastic & completed architecturally – it most certainly was! I would just have liked a little more realism in the construction and decoration of the whole performance of the resort forest illustrations.. An always-critical Miss. Nielsen! Heh. 

On the other hand, I was more than fully satisfied, on the border to overwhelmed, the next day. We went on a Village tour, which I, in all conceivable ways, would recommend people to do! Grab a motorbike and visit a village! – It was what we did, and it was absolutely fantastic! We saw local markets (..and those markets in HCMC, and other small-big cities, do not count as local!), saw the most beautiful nature views around Da Lat and visited locals, which is so local that they don’t know other countries than Vietnam – besides of course the United States.. and well, so we got to eat delicacies such as cricket, rat, snake & frog. Yum. I don’t I have felt so enriched by life before, as I did on this trip. To see such a different perspective of life as I did that day, put my whole world in a very manage perspective – really..

Yes, Da Lat did a really good job as a location.. The peeking point on our tour must be the last day, when I took on Canoying trip in the mountains around Da Lat.
Actually, I was going with a attitude saying; that the trip was cheap, and therefore, if I didn’t dared some of the activities, it would still be okay with a day with beautiful nature. That wasn’t the case. On the contrary.

I had a brave day that day, perfect! – I certainly got some boundaries pushed.. most of all when I stood with water pouring in my head down a 25-meter waterfall-cliff, and discovered, that there wasn’t more line, and I was told that I ‘just’ had to jump the last 4 meters down in the water – I really thought I was going to die. Nothing less. I have never screamed so loud for my mother, as when I flew backwards into the water, and I have never tried anything so nice! My selfishness took over, f*** I was so proud of myself! – Totally acceptable! (-;

Vietnam er et fantastisk land & hver dag fanger mit blik øjeblikke, som jeg ville ønske at jeg kunne bevare for evigt – & nogle gange er det endda lykkedes mig at fange disse med kameraet.
Disse er fra Hué & Da Lat;

Vietnam is a wonderful country and everyday my eyes catches moments, that I wish I could keep forever – and sometimes I even managed to catch them with the camera.
These are from Hué and Da Lat.