JONO ... I must say that I am not finding it difficult to chill ... especially in the company of my beautiful wife. We sat out late the other night, having a drink and watching the traffic ... it is better than television! The cocophony of horns and near misses was quite a laugh, not to mention the different loads being carried on scooters ... everything from a HUGE industrial gas bottles, to double bed mattresses and families of 4.
We visited the CuChi tunnels yesterday and learned a bit of local history. It is pretty sad that all happened but it was interesting to see the local side of something I have only ever heard about. We went up there on the boat which took 2 glorious hours ... diesel engine screaming away and plenty of amazing sights. Stilt houses to Mansions all intermingled. Lots of barges carrying sand around.
The tour took a few hours and we got an inside look at the ingenious but horrific methods of killing the "americans". Tracie decided to give the tunnel walk a miss because it was quite a tight squeeze. There was a shooting range where you could pay USD$25 to shoot a 50cal and about $15 to shoot an AK47. I gave that a miss ... maybe some other time when it isnt related to such attrocities as here (!).
TRACIE ... Like Jono, the holiday thing is sitting well, although I'm not doing too well yet with the time change. I was asleep last night by 6pm, and awake about 3am I reckon. Thats ok though, cause when on holiday one can sleep whenever one feels like it!
Yesterday's trip was interesting although I always find that sort of thing really sad. Jono had been joking with me before we left NZ that I would make lots of friends. Yesterday, I did have nice chats with a couple of lovely girls, and we did in fact meet a nice Dutch guy called Alex. We spent most of the day with him & when we got back we had a meal together.
The temperature is super hot and its realy humid. We are getting pretty good at crossing roads amidst about a million bikes; must say it's even a bit of a rush and it feels really awesome when you have made it to the other side without being hit by something.
Tonight we get on a bus and travel overnight to Nha Trang. We haven't got a definate plan but will stay there a couple of days or maybe jump on another bus up to Quy Nhon. Fun! The city is great but we're probably, at this point anyway, ready to go somewhere a bit slower.
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Loopy. Shoulda shot the 50-cal, Dude!
Yep in different cirsumstances I may have done just that ... I did like the idea of Tracie speaking to me for the rest of the trip tho :-) ... I do agree with her that it's a shame that they have commercialised something like that.
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