The next day was lunch near the Vietnam Border in China..... Den we walked around their wet market for a while.... The tour guide went there to buy mangosteens.. from vietnam.... apparantly cheaper than Guilin... as shes from Guilin... But its not cheap actually ... RMB50 for 1kg..... SGD $10 per kg.. but you can squat down and choose the mangosteens 1 by 1....
Den we went to Youyiguan... or friendship customs..... Seriously the customs is like shit... up hill down hill.... all the way.... we paid RMB14 (SGD $2.80) to take the buggy ride.... if not it will be about half an hours walk across the border...
Vietnamese border.. darn horrible... NO LAW... the moment we reached there the tour guide took our passports... and ask us if we wanted to visit the toilet... as they need about 30 mins to chop the passport.... He went in to the office to get our stamps chopped.. i believe there is some bribery involved to get the passports chopped faster...
Chinese tourists need to pay about RMB100 (SGD $20) to get across the border... or be refused entry.... they have a medical health check counter where the customs officer charges them the amount to get into Vietnam.... Or you can bribe them with a cigarette..i believe thats the china tour guide... lol....
The toilet is RMB1 .. or SGD $0.20.... lol... smaller doors... thinner and slimmer... typical Vietnamese Style... Took the coach.. and saw the driver quarreling over the price to get out of the car park. 1st impression of Vietnam.... wah ... FAIL....
Den we travelled the whole afternoon.... den had dinner.. walked around Halong Beach and some pasar malam over there... End of Day 6.
