Sunday, November 14, 2010

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.




Coming down out of the mountains, heading towards the coast...

 

We finally made it to Nha Trang about lunch time, after lunch we checked out the beach then headed to Cham Temple which was built in the 7^th Century, it was quite extraordinary.

  

 

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.  

  

We have a different issue at our latest hotel. It hosts wedding receptions. And they don’t just have one reception area they have TWO, located either side of our room. So if you see on the news, ‘women arrested in Vietnam for shutting down wedding receptions’. That’s probably me. 

 

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.