Gary and Nick
Rosie (short for Rosamund!! We were both excited when we found we had practically the same name)
The floating bar
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So, after Hue (pronounced who-ay) we took a day train (10 hours) to Hoi An (hoi as in 'ahoy'). this tiny town has over 200 tailors and is famous for making clothes; therefore we made a stop at the tailor Oli (our tour leader) uses and got some stuff made. Quite a few girls got dresses made; Nick got a shirt make and Gary spent 250 quid getting a suit and a seperate smoking jacket tailored! I got a pair of shorts made...i was running low!! There are no washing machines in the hotels here (in all the hostels we've stayedf at in CHina, OZ and NZ we've washed our own clothes. Only stayed at one hostel in Hanoi and that didn't have a washing machine) so we've had to go to laundry shops. Quality isn't great (our clothes came back from the last one smelling of damp) and sometimes they handwash so they don't do underwear. Also, I sent my silk liner to be washed and it didn't come back!! Absolutely gutted - it has been a lifesaver in soo many situations!
Anyway, after Hoi An we went to Nha Trang (naa trang) for two days. The first day we went on a boat trip in the bay to some islands and beaches. After lunch the crew got out a couple of guitars and a drumkit, and started playing for us!! They were actually really good. They pulled Rosie up on stage as she was English and sang Eternal flame...they got team Ireland up and sang the Fields of Athenrye, and sang a song i didn't know to the aussies - it was the same tune as 'tell me a story before I go to bed'...
They all got us dancing on this makeshift stage...as you can see there's not much headroom!
After this, they got out a floating bar - basically a foulmouthed sailor in a circle of rubber rings that gave out punch. It was nice for the first 3 glasses...goit a bit rough after that though! There was an American on the boat that managed to annoy our entire group by being loudmouthed and arrogant. One particular incident that sticks out is when he started a discussion about whether the seed was in a pineapple (we were eating pineapple at the time). Janine, an Aussie in our group) was telling him how thew green spiky bit in top was actually the seed, and that's what you planted to get the bush. He disagreed loudy, saying that pineapples grew on trees. He wouldn't give it up, despite Janine insisting that she knew, she was Australian, when had he ever seen a pineapple tree? Now, whenever we want to annoy Janine we start a conversation about pineapple trees!!
You sound as if you are having such a good time. Really looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back, not long now! Thank you for all the photos etc. it makes a great difference to know where you are and who you are meeting up with on the other side of the world! What an adventure! Take care, love Granny x
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