LEAVING OZ

Time to catch up now... it being Monday arvo. Since Friday night, I found Cheryl, was getting a little worried, but all was OK. Taking off from Coffs, she was sobbing like a baby ... REALLY !! I thought, how silly, as I wiped away my own tears. It's scary when it's finally THAT real. So, down to Sydney we get, grab ALL the luggage, and drag ourselves to the bus stop, onto the bus to International .... off-load bus, in we go, only to find out that Sydney - Ho Chi Minh is via Darwin (well we knew that) ... so the Sydney - Darwin leg is DOMESTIC.... obvious isn't it, when you know .... SOOOOOOOOO .... back outside, with luggage in tow (getting the hang of 10 bags now, between the two of us) ... wait for the bus to come back, and return to Domestic.

Through we go, well tried to anyway, but NO ... too much weight apparently. I tried to tell them that I, personally, had lost over 10 kgs in the past week, and did that count for any credits towards excess weight? NOOO ... hmmm don't think he even believed the weight loss bit anyway. So, over we go to pay (receipt in wallet, ready for next tax year!), and finally get boarding pass.

Now Jetstar is budget .... could you call it cattle??? .... off to Darwin we go, off the plane, (looks like it's a funny town/city up there, ut it needs some rain) ... Cheryl can get on the next flight, but I can't, I have to find my luggage and book again. Dear me ... Cheryl all good, until she discovers that she's lost her reading glasses and can't read a thing. So ... the plane is held up, search the airport for her glasses. NO.... can't find them, so off we go again, and finally get to Ho Chi Minh .... we land... Yeah ... but NO we have to wait a further 30 mins on the ground, they can't open the door, because someone forgot to put a chock under the front wheel of the plane!! ... Things happen slowly over here ... Finally out we get, and are chauffeur driven to the Continental Hotel to have an evening in a great old history ridden hotel. Great brekky again (do you remember Vicki and Sandra?? - was just as good again) ... Oh please tell Sandra that the rubber shoe/thongs afrom Big W ARE great ... THANK HER) ...

Flight up to Da Nang delayed by 4 hours .... so what do we do? Yep .. off to the Tax Dept Store again ... Cheryl NEEDED things .... Helo I'm saying ..... NOOOOOOOOOOO we are too heavy ... like 85 kgs of luggage is a bit much. Dis she listen? No... by the time we get to domestic we are now 95 kgs!! ...Their excess luggage is soooooo cheap! (compared to Oz) .. great scenery all the way to Da Nang ... grab all the luggage and out we go looking for our lift to Hoi An! No ... he not there , so we grab a cab and share with another young aussie girl (come with us we said). Leanne has been working for a month with HIV kids in Cambodia .... The stories she told ... sad ... but our INN was full for the night and she had to go elsewhere ... and we booked ourself in and are being treated with ??? ummmm amusement might be closer ... must go ... only computer on-line at the moment, people waiting, and I haven't been able to get my lap top linked in yet ... Might go and wake Cheryl to see if she can help me .... OK ...

next update are from last nights adventure with the unconscious cow, from falling off the back of a truck in front of us ... to our shopping expedition this morning for a hat and 2 x 21 litres of water .... so come back for the latest update ....

Did I mention that its warm ??? .... Sandra's kinda warm!! :o) .... dripping warm ... LV to ALL ... lyn / BM / Wilson / xxxx