We got 4 days off from school and of course that means fun! We got to take our first trip in the country and we decided on the beach at Nha Trang. The ride there was about 10 hours by bus. We luckily found a sleeper bus where you had enough room and the seats folded down so you were almost flat. The beach was hot, but very beautiful and they had tons of loungers on the beach with palm umbrellas to stay cooler under (and so Philip did not burn). The food was great, we got fresh prawns that were huge from a lady on the beach. She let us pick them out, then barbecued them for us. We also went to a temple and got a good view of the port.
When you are in clear water out in the islands what do you do? Of course you do a day trip out to visit other islands! We spent 1 day with about 45 people on a boat stopping at 4 locations. Amazingly and as usual, we were the only Americans. There were about 5 people that spoke English and the rest were Vietnamese. We started off snorkeling at an island for about 1.5 hours and there was some good sea life and coral. Next we went and did Karaoke on the boat for awhile. We then swam in the open water and they made a floating bar for us and we all had wine and rafted about. The last stop was the aquarium and instead of going in, a few of us just lounged around. Now it's back to teacher orientation for a few days. School starts on the 25th.
We are looking forward to our next trip soon!
