nineteeth...motorbiking.....[260]

15.11.07
8.00AM...TIME TO GET UP...BREAKFAST WAS ON MY MIND...SHOWERED.
9.00AM...2 FRIED EGGS...2 SMALL BAGUETTES...COFFEE.
10.30AM...WALKED TO NEAREST VILLIAGE...ABOUT 2K.
11.15AM...AT CENTRAL CROSSROADS...LEFT OR RIGHT...UNSURE?
11.20AM...TO THE RIGHT WE GO...SUN PUNCHING INTO MY HEAD.
11.45AM...IN SOME HOTEL ENQUIRING...BOTTLE OF WATER REQUIRED...WE SHOULD HAVE GONE LEFT.
12.10PM...OFF WE STROLL BACK TO CENTRAL CROSSROADS...BOUGHT SOME PANADOL ON WAY.
12.30PM...HẼADING IN RIGHT DIRECTION FOR ONCE...NEED TO BUY TSHIRT AND SHORTS.
1.30PM...LOOKING...BUT NOTHING REALLY CATCHING MY EYE...I'M VERY FUNNY ABOUT WHAT I WEAR!
2.30PM...OVER THE BRIDGE WE GO...SPOTTED MARKET...SPOTTED FRUIT STALL...MANADARINS HERE I COME.
2.40PM...HEAVENS OPEN...DOWNPOUR FOR ABOUT 15MINS...DIDN'T SEE IT COMING...BRIGHT SKIES ABOVE.
3.10PM...BOUGHT BRANDY X 2...BOTTLE OF COKE...CAN'T FIND SHORTS I WANT.
4.05PM...BEER GARDEN...PORK SAUSAGE/BAGUETTE...3 BEERS.
5.25PM...ON OUR WAY AGAIN.
5.50PM...BACK AT HOTEL...SHOWER.
6.10PM...WONDERING WHETHER I SHOULD CRACK A BOTTLE OF BRANDY.
6.20PM...BRANDY OPEN...NOT BAD...LOCAL STUFF.
7.30PM...NEED FOOD.
7.55PM...RESTAURANT...TODAYS CATCH.
8.30PM...ITS BEEN FILLETED...STILL A FEW BONES THOUGH...TASTED GOOD...REALLY NEEDED SECONDS...FISH NEVER FILLS ME...RUM,MANGO,VANILLA ICECREAM FOLLOWED...BOTTLE OF LOCAL WINE...THE VIETS DO DO A GOOD WINE!...THEY MUST OF LIKED US...GOTTA A FREE SHOT OF BRANDY WINE!...THE WHOLE LOT ABOUT 10 QUID...WONDERFUL MEAL...WONDERFUL PEOPLE...WONDERFUL AURA.


16.11.07.
8.00AM...AWAKE...ENERGILESS...BUT HUNGRY.
9.05AM...BREAKIE AS YESTERDAY.
10.00AM...AT RECEPTION...RESERVING 2 MOTORBIKES FOR TOMORROW...3 QUID A DAY...INCLUDES PETROL.
10.35AM...NU SETTLES BESIDE POOL...ANKLE NOT GOOD...I HEAD OF TOWARDS TOWN...GOTTA BIT OF A SHOPPING LIST!
11.20AM...BEER...AFTER 3K...NEEDED.
12.05PM...SUNGLASSES FOR NU...WANTED 250,000...PAID 50,000!
12.10PM...SOAP FOR CLOTHES...3,000.
12.15PM...SUN LOTION AND INSECT REPELENT...50,000.
12.30PM...'ADIDAS'TSHIRT...70,000...WANTED 250,000!
12.50PM...FLIPFLOPS FOR NU...30,000...WANTED 100,000.
1.00PM...HAIRCLIP FOR NU...I MIGHT NEED ONE SOON!...3,000.
1.10PM...BEER.
1.35PM...CARDS...10 FOR 14,000...9 STAMPS FOR 72,000...NEEDED SHORTS...COULDN'T FIND ANY THAT TOOK MY FANCY.
2.00PM...WALKING BACK...SUN BEATING DOWN.
3.00PM...NU STILL BY POOL...BEER AND FRIED RICE...ALRIGHT FOR SOME.
3.10PM...BEER.
3.20PM...ANOTHER BEER.
4.00PM...CRASHED ON BED.
7.30PM...RESTAURANT...KING PRAWNS FRESHLY CAUGHT/FRIED RICE/MIXED SALAD...RUM/MANGO/VANILLA ICECREAM...BOTTLE OF DE LAT WINE...LOVELY ATMOSPHERE...GOT A BIT STICKY CRACKING THE PRAWNS...WORTH IT FOR THE TASTE.
9.20PM...WALKED BACK TO HOTEL.


17.11.07.
7.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.00AM...BREAKIE...BANANA PANCAKE/COFFEE.
9.00AM...HELMETS/KEYS/MOTORBIKES!...WE ARE OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND...ABOUT 25K.
9.45AM...LIKE A DUCK TO WATER!!!?PULLED OVER TO LOOK AT WHITE BEACH THAT STRETCHED FOREVER...THE SUN UNRELENTING...IF A LORRY PASSED IT WAS A FOG OF DUST.
10.30AM...ARRIVED AT SOME SMALL VILLIAGE...2 BOTTLES OF STILL ORANGE...WELL RECIEVED.
11.00AM...ON WE GO...NEXT RIGHT...THIS IS A DIRT TRACK...HOLDING ON TIGHT...GOING ABOUT 10K AN HOUR!...LOCALS SMILE...PUZZLED...HAVE WE JUST LANDED FROM MARS!
11.20AM...THE BEACH...WONDERFULLY ISOLATED...TO ISOLATED...WE BOTH AGREE...WALKED THE SANDS...HAD A LOOK AT THE SHACKS...HAD A COLD CAN.
1.10PM...BACK ON BIKES...ALONG THE DIRT TRACK...SEEMED EASIER THIS TIME.
1.30PM...BACK ON MAIN ROAD...HEAD FOR ANOTHER VILLIAGE.
1.55PM...NU WANTED TO RETURN TO HOTEL...SEEN ENOUGH...HAD ENOUGH.
2.30PM...STOPPED FOR BEER.
3.10PM...BACK AT HOTEL WITH BUM ACHE.
3.35PM...SHOWER/REST.
6.00PM...WALKED BEACH TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT...NOT IMPRESSED WITH NEW ZEALANDERS MANNER WHO WAS IN CHARGE...WALKED BACK TO OUR USUAL EATERIE.
6.55PM...HAD FISH 2 NIGHTS RUNNING...SO OPTED FOR PORK IN CREAM SAUCE/FRIED RICE...MANGO JUICE...GIVE THE WINE A REST.
7.30PM...SMALL PORTION...BUT VERY NICE...NOT SURE WHAT WAS IN THE SAUCE.
9.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL...WEDDING RECEPTION...KARAOKE!...HEAD BANGING STUFF!


PHU QUOC.....[PHONETICALLY FOO COCK]


BYE FOR NOWZ.