So, after the war remnants we caught a night bus to Nha Trang. Beachy place.. We decided not to stay for more than a day, but did hire a motorbike. Death on a stick you might think (I did) but it was fine (did let Mhairi drive though!!) I’m such a wuss sometimes, did have a wee go though.. and will do more I’m sure.
So we drove 40km out to Doc Let Beach. Nice place, until it started pissing rain. Serious thunder storm really. The place was *slightly* spoiled by the vendors trying to sell crab and shrimp. However, thankfully, we gave in eventually, and did buy some. And it was delicious.
I did kinda loose it slightly at one point. And pointed out to the lovely (but overly persistent..) lady selling shrimp, that we’d just taken a 10 hour night bus from Saigon, that I’d had about 3 hours sleep, that we’d just biked 40km, my bum was sore, and that I just wanted to be left in peace for a few minutes on the beach… but that we *would* come and find her and buy some shrimp later (thank you very much) She was pretty cool about it really and did leave us be… I think the desperation was showing!! :)
Actually, one of the reasons I only got 3 hours sleep was that I was busily finishing (simply could not put it down) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Cannot wait for the last one now..
Shortly after lunch it started raining. Now when I say raining I mean the ‘I’ve been outside for .5 secs and now am soaked to the bone’ kinda rain. Comical.
We got *slightly* lost on the way back into town.. well, actually quite lost.. Mhairi was *amazing* driving.. really, we were going through flooded roads ‘n everyfink. Fairing quite well for our first foray on a motorbike I think.
Once we made it back into town.. we hired a cyclo driver – to cycle slowly along in front of us and guide us back to our hotel (our maps were (totally soaked) and lacked the detail needed to get back to where we needed to be)
Dinner and beer never tasted so good!
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