TUESDAY 16TH DECEMBER
After getting on the overnight sleeper last night we eventually arrived in Nha-Trang at 6:30a.m. Within one minute of getting off the bus we were accosted by approximately 6000 locals trying to get us to there guesthouse. I had the arse-ache as I'd had about 4 hours kip again due to the massive comfy beds on the bus. Went to bed when we finally got to our hotel as we were both knackered and didn't leave the hotel until about 3p.m. When we did go out we went for a walk to see the beach. Very nice, apparently this is where the Americans went for there R&R during the war. Went to an ice-cream parlour and bought the sweetest ice-cream ever. Delicious. Booked a trip to the local islands for tomorrow so it should be fun. Didn't do much else.
WEDNESDAY 17TH DECEMBER
Off on another boat trip today to do a bit of snorkeling and sunbathing. The boat was quite overcrowded so it wasn't very comfortable. The trip was good fun despite the overcrowding. Went snorkeling but I didn't go in as it was too cold for me. Got fed on the boat which was alright even though there wasn't enough to go round. Then the guide for the day, who was very funny decided to sing for us. There was a Bass player, Guitarist, and our guide was the Drummer whose equipment consisted of a rotting bass drum, a homemade cymbal and two upturned plastic bowls. They were surprisingly good, they sang Proud Mary, Last Christmas and a Vietnamese song. They did well even though they can't sing r's or n's. Got back to shore around 5p.m after a stop-off at a beach you had to pay for! Went back to the hotel room to shower and change and then went for dinner. After dinner we went pub-crawling to all the places that gave away free mojito's with every drink. I paid for all my beer and Louise drank the free ones which amounted to about 15. Add to that free Connect 4 (I won 30-6) and free pool it turned out a very cheap night even though I lost at 9-Ball and it cost me a J&B whisky at 35000VND (1.40 GBP) the most expensive drink in the pub.
THURSDAY 18TH DECEMBER
Woke up with a bit of a hangover so decided to go to the beach and sweat it out. Sat there in a mardy after a bit of a hungover argument with Louise, so I didn't put any suncream on my back. A young girl kept coming to us to sell postcards but Louise told her to come back in an hour, so exactly one hour later she was back. After the third time we eventually gave in. Drank some home brew lager at an expensive bar on the beach. It was rank. Went back to our lodgings and had a shower. Screamed like a girl due to sun burnt back. Went for dinner at an Irish bar that was nice except for the pissed up ex-pats arguing over their bill. Went looking for some books to read on the coach in a couple of days and had an argument with the manager of the shop over the price of the books he was selling. He wanted $9 for a book that was only $10.50 brand new. Told him to bollocks and bought some cheap copies off a man on a bike.
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