Well to celebrate Cheryl's first day at work, AND also Vietnam Unification Day, we went out for dinner ... on our new besties ... our pushbikes. Round and round we went, having a gay old time, finding soooooo many great photos to take, over a few bridges, and found a nice little restaurant. Decided to celebrate with our very first touch of alcohol and have a coctail ... Ancient Hoi An .. (nevr again) yukky!! ... and browsed through the extensive menu and found, guess what?.... Chicken - in Clay Pot .... Duck in Clay Pot ... and then FISH in Clay Pot .... turned the pages quickly ... me I stuck to a Hamburger ... meat was ummm tasty, strong, unlike any meat I've ever tasted, Cheryl stuck with a Tuna Salad, on wilting hot luttuce leaf, lettuce leaf, lettuce leaf (there was lots of lettuce) .. with sweet corn ... then the french fries ... or chippies ... salt comes in a little dish mixed with pepper, like it or not.... Then out come a couple of profiteroles .. yummy, so of course we asked for more (think they were freebies) ... and the free tea stuff .... NOT on the list to bring home .... then asked for the bill 165 000 dong - about $15 aussie ...
Absolutely the best day ever ... it was cool .... 10 degrees or more cooler than the last few days. We were cheering.. :o) First day no sweat like pigs.
Night's falling by this time, and we didn't see the rain clouds coming. So back to bikes (we really need to get some lights tomorrow) ... and down comes the rain ... out come the teletubbies ... takes 5 mins to find them in the SMALL back packs ... and another 10 mins to stretch them over heads complete with bike helmets ... so Saturated by then .... Thought we'd do the right thing and buy a candle lantern and float them down the river, cause everyone else was, so we did, didn't quite know what to do with them once we had them ... little lady pointed at a man in a boat ... Great I thought, I have to get in the boat now ... Cheryl's saying no way ... but wrong again ... idead was to just give him the candle and he would float it ... So he did, and then it rained more and then the candles went out. Great ... So back on bikes (must name them i think) .. we were off , Cheryl loses a thong in the middle of the road .. Toot toot .. laugh laugh ... ring ring on my NEW bell .. everyone pointing and laughing .. but no, we knew best down and round and round and across we went, and got ... LOST .. in the dark ... in the rain .. and came to a street sign .... Da Nang 27 k's .... Really knew we were lost then. Asked some boys on a corner ,, they had a giggle and pointed down the road, laughing louder ... but with not many options we just had to go that way, cursing them anyway. That helped!!
Thought if we went right, right, right we'd get back ... can't get map out ... dark, rain, no-one talks aussie anyway .... So back down then street we go ... looks really smooth when all the potholes are full of water ... no so smooth when ya hit em .. one after another after another ...
But finally find out way home, and the people here all come running out to us with towels, and umbrella's ... like we needed them at that stage .... !! nice thought though ... takes 5 mins to get wet telly tubbies OFF again ... standing like drowned rats.
Se we had a great old night ... so decided to blog it before we went upstairs. so down we sit, and what happens ... the staff (ever so helpful) ... turn the fans on FULL onto our backs ... 1/2 dry again now ... pneumonia tomorrow / swine ??? but .. they helpful! ... Would love to upload some of the piccies, but they still locked up in bag, in bag, ... hopefully not wet.
Ok. we've had enough laughing now ... I need beauty sleep before work tomorrow ... take a taxi ?? and pay $1.20 - 16 000 dong .... we thought he said 160 000 dong, and paid up the first time, and he nearly fell over! ... Honest man ... or take push bike ??? Will wait til the sun comes over the horizon to make decision. Cheryl has day exploring on her own ... to pick up clothes, find a plastic container for her 1 kg sugar, that took her two days to buy, and yes find lights for the bikes and reflector things too ... lord only knows where she'll find them. Cheryl scored some crack (ed) pepper today .......... what a great deal. Got some from Linda, who said that you can only get it in Da Nang - bit far on the bike!! And after two days, me bums sore already!
Oh yes, have opened a Tim Tams and Chicken Crimpies .... will need to ration. Can't take the Caramello Bears to the kids in the orphanage ... :o( ... because they can't afford the dentist bill. Bugger .... tell you what things are really really different here .... but we're loving every moment (when it's cool) ... Love to All ............... Cheryl and Lyn ........... Nightie night ......... xxxx
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