Saturday, October 23, 2010

So that's what a beach looks like . . .

Day 9 - Old city of Hoi An

Today was our last day here in Hoi An before we move on down south to the beaches of Nha Trang. So first thing this morning we went to collect our suits and dresses. They were awesome and fitted so well. I got a full suit and alv got herself 2 new dresses for herself. After that then we went and done our sightseeing around the town. We bought a ticket that let's you into five different sights but we got into 7 I think. The old traditional houses and all the assembly halls of the different nationalities that done business in Hoi An. We also went to the old bridges and down by the river and just admired the character if the town and just the atmosphere. So tonite then we decided to save some time and get an over nite bus down to Nha Trang so we could have mire time along the coast before HCMC. 

Day 10 - Nha Trang

So the bus got in at 5.30am, abut early than we were meant but was cool coz we just went to our hotel got our shit sorted. We were only spending the day here so at like 8am we went to the Cham towers to see what they were like and they were still do well intact and people were still using them to pray in which wad really strange. They were amazing towers tho standing 28m tall and over lookibgvthe city from a hilltop. So the plan for the rest of the day was to chill on te beach. First beach we have had so wanted to do nothing for the day. It was gorgeous down there but the sea was goin crazy with 8m swells coz of a typhoon that had hit the Philippines and was still out in the south china sea. Some woman got dragged into the water right in front of us, the wave came up and the rip was so strong it dragged her out. She was drowning out there and nobody tried to save her except all the foreigners in the beach. Her family stood an watched her screaming out there. An English guy managed to drag her in but looked like she wasn't moving or breathing for awhile but eventually she did but the Vietnamese are idiots when it comes to water. Apparently no Vietnamese person can swim at all which is just stupid. After that then we just went for a walk around the city and got dinner. 

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