25 October - Hoi An Up at our fairly usual time of 7.00am, give or take a few minutes, which seems to be a recurring theme. I’m not sure why it always seems to be around 7.00am, because it’s certainly not a conscious thing. It kind of just happens. Anyway, whatever the reason, we … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 24
24 October - Hoi An Up just after 7.00am, and like yesterday, I feel okay. Head downstairs for my usual breakfast of fruit, and decide to give the caphe sua da another try. Both are excellent, so the day is off to a good start. Nothing much planned for the day, well, apart from … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 23
23 October - Hoi An 7.00am, and fortunately, there’s no urgency to find the bathroom. But, in the haze of those first few seconds of waking up, how do I feel? I’m not sure. I think I might be okay, but I’m a little nervous calling it this early. Off to the toilet to … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 22
22 October - Hoi An Wake up about 7.00am, which is a little earlier than I planned, or wanted. But, when your body decides that it no longer needs, or wants, something that it’s retaining, you kind of need to get up. And because it seemed to be in a bit of a hurry, … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 21
21 October - Can Tho - Hoi An The alarm does its requested job at 6.30am, and we get ourselves organised doing the final pack up thing. As well as try and prepare for those goodbyes that I hate so much. We head out for a breakfast of banh mi with cheese spread, some … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 20
20 October - Can Tho Back to the alarm thing…. Up at 5.15am; fortunately it’s not raining; and by 5.30am, we’re on the back of motorbikes heading over to Green Village 1. ‘T’, who we met yesterday, is taking us. Interestingly, he’s not really a morning person…. Coming with us are a couple of … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 19
19 October - Can Tho Wake up just before 8.00am. Hmmm, almost ten hours sleep. Must have needed it…. And off in the distance, the muffled sounds of karaoke. It’s funny, our first ‘experience’ with karaoke was down here three years ago. You’ll find it all over Vietnam, but perhaps it’s a little more … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 18
18 October - Soc Trang - Can Tho (Mekong Delta Tour) The alarm goes off at 4.00am. That hurts. But not as much as the ‘goodbye’ that’s coming. And Wang’s Mum is now making that just that little bit harder. She’s already up and in the kitchen, and because she knows how much we … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 17
17 October - Ben Tre - Soc Trang (Mekong Delta tour) Up early, which wasn’t too bad this time, seeing as we’d had a relatively early night. Get our stuff organised and then went for a bit of a look around the homestay, Gite Nha Vuon Nam Hien. It has heaps of character, and … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 16
16 October - HCMC - Ben Tre (Mekong Delta tour) Damn it! A ‘goodbye’ day. All packed up and downstairs before 7.30am. We do the ‘goodbye’ thing with Tung and Vy. It’s hard. Hopefully it’s more a ‘see you soon’ type of farewell, rather than the more permanent sounding ‘goodbye’. I just don’t know … Continue reading Vietnam 2017 – Trip Report 15
