18.11.07.
7.00AM...WOKE EARLY.
7.55AM...BREAKFAST...2 FRIED EGGS/2 BAGUETTES/2 PAPAYA JUICE.
8.50AM...HANDED LAUNDRY IN.
10.00AM...OFF I MARCH INTO TOWN...STILL NEED SHORTS...PLUS GOTTA GET SOME MANDARINS.
11.00AM...RUM AND RAISIN ICECREAM.
11.30AM...BARTERING OVER TSHIRT...WANTS 135,000...TO EXPENSIVE...ONLY PAID 70.000 THE OTHER DAY.
11.55AM...MANDARINS...SPOTTED TSHIRT...20.000...DIDN'T EVEN TRY IT ON...JUST HANDED OVER MONEY.
12.20PM...BEER.
12.50PM...UP I GET...OFF I GO.
1.25PM...JUST IN TIME...NU ABOUT TO TUCK INTO EGG FRIED RICE...ORDERED BEER.
3.00PM...GETTING USED TO THESE AFTERNOON NAPS.
5.00PM...ON BEACH WATCHING SUN GO DOWN...CHATTING WITH FINNISH AND RUSSIAN TOURISTS.
6.40PM...OFF TO AUSSIE RESTAURANT.
7.15PM...RESTAURANT...NO ELECTRICITY...BOTTLE OF LOCAL WINE PLEASE.
7.35PM...ELECTRICITY BACK ON.
7.40PM...ORDERED SNITZEL/CHIPS/SIDE SALAD...RED SNAPPER WAS ON OFFER...BUT DECLINED...PROMISED I'D BE BACK FOR TOMORROWS CATCH.
8.15PM...FILLED A GAP...NOT TO KEEN ON SNITZEL!
9.00PM...ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE...BORDEAUX THIS TIME.
10.00PM...WOBBLE BACK TO HOTEL.
19.11.07.
8.00AM...WOKE/SHOWER.
9.00AM...BREAKFAST AS NORMAL.
10.00AM...ON BEACH...NOT AS HOT AS YESTERDAY...BREEZY...READING...FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN BY MITCH ALBOM.
10.50AM...IN WARM SEA.
11.50AM...TIME FOR A BEER.
12.25PM...EGG FRIED RICE.
2.00PM...AFTERNOON NAP.
5.00PM...SHOWER.
7.00PM...RESTAURANT...PORK SKEWER X 3/CHIPS/SALAD...OWNED BY 2 AGEING AUSSIES...THE VIETS THEY EMPLOY ARE NOTHING SHORT OF USELESS...ENJOYED THE WINE!
20.11.07.
8.00AM...AWAKE...HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 3 HOURS...PHONE WENT OFF...COULDN'T GET BACK TO SLEEP.
9.10AM....BREAKFAST...BANANA PANCAKE...WISH I HADN'T BOTHERED.
10.00AM...LEFT NU ON BEACH...OFF TO GET TICKETS FOR MAINLAND...TO START JOURNEY TOWARDS CAMBODIA...BIT OF A JAUNT!
10.35AM...TICKET OFFICE...2 TICKETS FOR A TENNER...GOTTA BUY TICKETS FOR BUS WHEN WE ARRIVE AT MAINLAND FOR CHUC DU[BORDER]...THEN WALK OVER BORDER...THE BUY ANOTHER TICKET FOR BOAT TO PHNOM PENN.
11.00AM...TICKETS IN HAND I HEAD BACK TO NU.
11.30AM...ON BEACH WITH BEER.
1.00PM...EGG FRIED RICE/PAPAYA JUICE.
1.50PM...BACK ON BEACH...IF YOU HAVE A COLD CAN...DRINK IT FAST...WARM IN 20MINS.
3.40PM...SUN CRUSHING ME...BACK TO ROOM...FAN ON!
4.10PM...RUM AND COKE...NOT DONE A LOT SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN PHU QUOC...BUT WE ARE IN HOLIDAY MODE AS OPPOSED TO TRAVELLING MODE...SO LETS ENJOY!
7.00PM...AUSSIE RESTAURANT AGAIN...PROMISED TO HAVE FISH...FANCIED MEAT AGAIN...SERVICE WAS SWIFTER AND BETTER TONIGHT.
10.00PM...BACK AT HOTEL...RUMMING'N'COKING!
VIETNAM VIEW.
Go to Vietnam,the sun shines,the people always smile,the sea is warm,nothing seems to cost alot.Ok,you do have to get luck with the food...fresh fish[Phu Qouc] good.This is Greece 20 years ago.Just get a flight to Saigon.Don't bother booking accomadation,there will be plenty of people offering you good clean cheap rooms when you arrive.Just get to Vietnam,you will not be disappointed...Nov/Feb.Hanoi as its motorbikes.Hoi an as its rain!Phu Quoc as the white beaches/sunshine.Things look as if they shouldn't work...but they do.A wonderful country!
VIETNAM ROCK
BYE FOR NOWZ,
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