Yesterday was pretty uneventful, with the majority of the day being spent relaxing by the pool. For dinner we had a restaurant booked, but failed to make any note of its name. This led to some awkward conversations with Vietnamese staff who couldn't understand us and we couldn't understand them, as to whether it was the restaurant we had booked. Eventually we found it, and had a decent meal.
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| Dad and the Vietnamese fisherman. |
Today was a lot more interesting, we traveled by boat to Hoi An. This was a beautiful hour long journey along the Thu Bon river. On the way a small fisherman boat pulled up alongside our boat, where a man hopped on and proceeded to make my dad do some fishing. He did this by thrusting a net at him and yelling a lot, mainly yelling 'ONE' for some reason. Twice the net was thrown, a huge total of zero fish were caught. But it was a very funny and rememberable experience.
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| Dad throwing out a net. |
After this the driver of the boat decided that I was the one who should be driving, much to my horror. The thought of my family's lives in my hands as I drove a boat was terrifying, I've never even had a driving lesson in a car let alone a boat. But it was pretty fun, it's very unresponsive though, you turn the wheel to the left and a couple of minutes later you're going quite a strong left. But I didn't crash the boat, no one was killed and no one yelled at me so I think it went well. Its definitely going to be one of my favourite memories, as I doubt i'l ever drive a boat in Vietnam ever again, or any boat for that matter.
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| View of Hoi An from a terrace bar. |
Once at Hoi An, which is a bit of a tourist trap, but very picturesque, we walked around and bought some bits and bobs from vast number of shops and stalls. After that we had a really good meal and got a cab back to the hotel. We then chilled out by the pool for a little bit and then went back to the rooms.
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