We all got up in a hurry today, because we had to check out of the Ben Than Boutique Hotel. After storing all the suitcases in 1 room, we took the bus to VBT (Van Ba Thien). We didn’t know what to expect from this company because it’s a startup and we couldn’t find a lot of information about the company on the internet. Once we arrived we thought we were at the wrong location. It all looked very old and shabby. We had to walk a short distance and then arrived at the VBT workplace. We walked to the office where 4 people were working behind their PCs. It was very small, but the leader of VBT already said that they have just started and in a few years will probably be much bigger and will no longer have their office at this location. We were given a tour of the workplace and in the meantime we were allowed to ask questions. The bizarre thing was that everyone was allowed to walk around the workplace freely, while they were just working on laser cutting and welding. After the tour and questions the visit was over, but without Mr. Goodiebag’s present stress bag the company visit is not finished. After saying goodbye and taking a group photo, we drove back to the hotel. We have a great saying in Dutch for this company visit “het was kort maar krachtig”
Because we finished so early, we still had quite a bit of time before we took the bus to the airport. Most of us used this time to have a nice lunch and get the last souvenirs of Ho Chi Minh City.
Our suitcases did not all fit in the luggage compartment of the bus, so we had to squeeze ourselves into the bus itself with our suitcases. At the airport, because we were a large group, we were able to stand in a different line to check in. This would have been faster, but in the end it still took a long time. Luckily we had enough time because the flight was delayed by 2 hours. During this time, we had a nice meal at Burger King and Pop Eyes. After finally being able to board, we arrived in Hanoi around 22:30 and were finally in our hotel rooms at 00:30.