Had a slack attack today ... didn't get out of bed until nearly midday... needed the rest!! Watched an Angelina Jolie movie on HBO ... love the cable TV over here :))
After my yummy omelette at "Laugh Cafe" (my favourite brekky spot) which helps street kids in the Quang Namh Province (www.umad.org ... an Aussie NGO) I did a bike ride to Cua Dai Beach. I braved the traffic, riding on the right hand side of the road, the bad roads, no helmet and just to add a bit more excitement I wore a skirt :)) What was I thinking???
When I asked the lady at the hotel if she had a helmet I could use she said yes but you have to promise to look after it.... !!! I didn't bother ... but on the way back I passed a little boy and his mother who had fallen off their motorbike and I don't think the boy had a helmet on as his poor little face looked like it had face planted the road. :((
Anyway the beach at Cua Dai is an absolute mess with all the development ... not very nice. But I got "invited" into a cafe to have something to eat and drink cos I was patting the really cute dog out front and ended up staying for ages and chatting to the owner, Dung, and his niece, Nhung, and drinking vietnamese coffee and eating really really oily but yummy spring rolls. Now I know why the kids don't speak English in this country ... Nhung who is 18 and just finished year 10 has had only 2 months of English lessons in 10 years !!! But Dung who is 50 had a year of lessons 6 years ago and since has taught himself English and his English was pretty good!
Heading out tonight to my other two favourite restaurants ... "Red Sail" for dinner and then "White Marble" for a wine.
Leave for Hue on the bus in the morning, quick trip to see the Citadel while at Hue and then fly to Hanoi tomorrow night. I have pre-booked my accommodation in Hanoi ... and a pick up from the airport as there are supposed to be alot of bad taxi drivers waiting for tourists at the airport....sounds too scarey to me and I get in at 11pm.
So see you all when I am in the big smoke of Hanoi.
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