Well, where to start. There were no easily accessable computers in Nha Trang and so this is my first chance at documenting our happenings.
Firstly I have to mention this little story. We were getting our stuff together early in the morning to leave Da Lat and as per usual I was super organised and packed half an hour early and COby was finishing up ten minutes before we had to leave (somehow she always makes it!). Suddenly she says "i can't find my thongs or my new Da Lat t-shirt, someone has stolen them". She looked everywhere and couldn't find her missing stuff...and ended up deciding to tell the staff that someone was in our room (i kept saying I thought it was strange, as nothing of mine was stolen and her thongs were acutally pretty gross!) anyway. We got our stuff together and started heading out the door.....and there they were under my bag!! Coby is now adamant I stole her things!! haha. Quite funny indeed.
We then boarded our bus...moving to different seats, trying to find the best one and ended up with one that didn't go back...serves us right for hunting. We stopped for lunch between Dalat and Nah Trang. I got a pork dish...after three mouthfulls I started feeling funny...ran outside and dry reached. I felt aweful. Unfortunately I didn't acutally spew and beleive me I tried cos I wanted it out of my system. It was an aweful experience..especially then havintg to get on the bus and travel winding roads through the country. YUCK! I definitely wanted my mum. :( I'm slightly put off food for the past few days and am trying to go Vegetarian. Its working so far.
Oh I don't think I mentioned. All this travelling is us gonig from Ho Chi Minh city to Hanoi. Its called an open bus tour and you stop for as long as you want in a place and then get a bus to the next stop. Its a great way to see the country. We'll stay a few days in Hanoi and then fly back to Ho Chi Minh and then get a bus to Phnom Penh.
Luckily the bus trip to Phnom Penh is only 6 hours. THis last trip from Nah Trang to Hoi An was 12 hours! Oops I'm skipping ahead. Nah Trang: its a beach side town...a lovely place to get lost we found :). The energy is amazing. People getting up at 5am and places not closing until late 10pm. We went on a boat tour to the islands yesterday. It was really relaxing. THe snorkling wasn't that great we were told so we just swam. There was a time called "Happy Hour" on our boat, where the guides brought out their guitars, bass and makeshift drum kit and sang us songs and gave us mulberry wine. YUM! Don't worry I was sensible. It tasted great though. I think you (Haydn and Jon) should try it...maybe you already have.
So we spent the day in the sun, reading, swimming and enjoying ourselves. I think we both got slightly sun burnt even though we applied sunscreen to the enth degree. Oh well some more tan. We then hopped on our bus for Hoi An, which is where we are now. It was an overnight bus from 6.30pm to 6am. It was okay..dissapointed in not getting a sleeper bus but not annoyed enough to pay the extra $10. I'm not sure if we'll pay the extra for Hue to Ha Noi...as its longer again. It's raining here in Hoi An. It hasn't rained for us once yet. Its kind of refreshing.
Well I might go and join Coby in some slumber. xxoo
