Friday, 15 March 2013 at 16:02 Nha Trang... Big storm in the night. Rest of group off on boat trip to island and sit on stony beach. I feel crap and back out...Sue doesn't fancy the boat trip so we both stay in. I fall asleep on the terrace in this brilliant room-with-a-sea-view while Sue locks herself out and can't make me hear...gets another key!..then..
Spend most of the day on the hotel's beach loungers in wind and patchy sunshine..but perfect for migraine recovery therapy. Interesting challenge crossing the (very) busy road between hotel and beach. Everytime Sue tries by herself, a guy with a kind of Novotel lolipop leaps to her assistance while I have near death experiences. On the beach, I order a coconut milk which comes as a chopped off coconut with straw and spoon...excellent! Sue sticks to the local brew. Feel almost 100% now.
Returnees from island trip filter down to the beach in the late afternoon and we learn that it wasn't much cop...great day to have a migraine.....could I get away with a minor one when the GP is on??. Follow practice 1 on the beach via Vietmobile Sim card in the old Galaxy S. McClaren in deep mire...hell.
Shower and walk along front to beach cafe, where we have beer and Vietnamese nibbles. Spoilt a little by rowdy drunken Russians playing their own (loud) music....a wierd mix of British classics. Interesting, though, as we had heard from tour guide that this (drunken holidaymakers) is a common problem as are the late night hookers...that explains the condoms in the hotel minibar...looks as if the hookers are cheaper than the hotel condoms.
Return to the hotel after stopping at a quite cool streetside coffee bar and sort put what we are doing tomorrow...Then it's a free buffet in the hotel. We are almost last and have to start a new table but are joined by Ron and Sandie and two other Scots. Great food...I haven't really eaten since yesterday lunch and I really enjoy the instant cooking of fish & meat with amazing sauces...try chilli/limejuice/sugar/salt/chive... Great conversation and we are the last out by some margin. Nice that everyone stops to chat on the way put...discuss the serious problem of McClaren's woes with David the ex rally driver.
Back to room...pack...bed...write up diary. Saigon tomorrow. NB...have decided to back out of the one day Mekong Delta trip and sort a two-day trip ourselves next weekend while G is working..that way we also see the floating markets. That leaves Monday to sort ourselves out and see G.
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