So much has happened in the past 3 days! On Monday I did a walking tour of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), then Monday night we took an overnight train to Nha Trang, a beautiful beach resort city. On Tuesday we did a boat tour of the Nha Trang islands, which included snorkling, a song and dance show, and a “floating bar.” I put the bar in quotation marks because it was advertised as such, but turned out to be a big piece of styrofoam floating in the water, tethered to the boat, and carrying bottles of fruit wine. Yesterday (Wednesday) was probably my favorite day so far. I went on a city and country tour of Nha Trang with a local guy we met the night before. He showed us a lot of the local craftspeople in villages around the area. We even got to eat lunch with Buddhist monks atop a mountain temple and play with nursery school children. Then last night we took another overnight train to Danang. We arrived in Danang at 6 am, where our honcho picked us up, showed us China beach, and then drove us to Hoi An. I just found internet in the Hoi An Cafe, which is a beautiful outdoor restaurant complete with umbrellas, tropical trees, and a cute koi pond with a Japanese bridge.
Vietnam is so lovely.
Since I’ve had many busy days, I will break them down into separate posts, coming soon.
