We left the mountains today and headed for the ocean town of
Nha Trang. They had a typhoon over here a couple of weeks ago which caused
extensive damage. We had to go the LONG way…. Even taking the detour was hairy.
There were mud slides, trees over roads and even parts of roads were missing. It
was like being at Dream World without paying the entry fee! We did pass and stop
in some lovely villages along the way though.
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| Coming down out of the mountains, heading towards the coast... |
This area is also famous for its natural springs and mud
baths. So when in Rome….
OMG the mud baths were so muddy, go figure. It was gross but
somehow kinda cool, in a good way. After we were covered in mud, left to dry and
rinsed off, we then got to swim in the hot springs, oh that was nice. We are
back to 30 degrees with humidity of 89% so the jumper has been packed away again
woo hoo.
Although I love the food over here I’m not very good at
ordering it. Every time I pick a meal from a menu I get something different from
what I think I’ve ordered? I don’t know whether the chefs just decide they don’t
want to cook that particular dish that day, or maybe they just decide that I
look like I really didn't want that dish? It’s become a bit of a joke as everyone
around me seems to be getting what they ordered, so it’s ‘I wonder what Heidi
will get today’, yes it’s all fun and games until someone gets
hurt……
6.30am Sunday morning and I’m typing on Ian’s iPhone on the
beach, it’s a hard life. Badminton is HUGE over here, everyone plays it. So the
boys got up bright and early to have a game before our daily activities. I still
don’t understand why there are so many people up, I really don’t think anyone
sleeps over here.
I dropped a load of laundry off this morning at a place down
the road and around the corner. Little did I know the plastic bag I was carrying
our cloths in had a hole in it. You can see what’s coming. My nickers in a small
Vietnamese persons hand running after me, yep can’t go into that one any
further………
We board a boat in an hour to cruise around the islands all
day, love, love, love , can’t wait.
Best thing seen on a motorbike yesterday, a large glass
mirror.
