Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A Family Day Out to DaiNam Wonderland

It's public holiday here in Vietnam and we decided to take Ray to Dai Nam Park (I can't believe we have never been in the 3 years since it's opened!)

The park is HUGE - they have a zoo, amusement theme park, water park, snow world, camping site, 3D theatre, temple, its own beach and even a hotel!

The weather wasn't great when we left from home (it was drizzling) but by the time we got there (over an hr's drive), it was nice and cool (there's no way we would have survived all that walk in the heat).

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The crowd was a bit annoying (since it's Public Holiday) - the usual loud, noisy, uncivilised (rushy and pushy) locals.

It was filled with families, couples on dates, people who wanted to go on a picnic. At lunch, everyone was everywhere with their own bags of food
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And then it's nap time! They can sleep anywhere and everywhere - even at the zoo!

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Their zoo is way better than the one in Saigon - at least it was clean, open, spacious and the animals didn't look like they were suffering or undernourished

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Ray's first close encounter with the white tiger - magnificent creatures!

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Ray surely enjoyed himself riding on daddy's shoulders

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He even tried the fish therapy - even though none of the fish would go near him!

Then it was off to the amusement park
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Ray had a love-hate relationship with the rides. He was scared but he loved the thrill... going on and on about being "scared scared" and then asking for "more" at the same time

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They have a huge rollercoaster and a lot of other fun rides but because we had Ray, we didn't get the chance to.

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A girl fainted after taking the rollercoaster - T went to offer some "help"

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And then it's off to the Snow World - We didn't stay very long even though they provided us with jackets, boots and gloves

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But not before T took Ray down the snow slope - whoppeeee

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We spent a total of 4 hrs at the park (plus another 2 hrs in the car) and at the end, we were all exhausted (we crashed in the car) but I'm sure the little bub had a fabulous time with Daddy and Mommy!

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