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That woman's dishonesty came back to haunt her
... off the bus, but not before their 20,000 Dong is thrown on the ground for them to pick up.
I ask the English speaking guy how much the fare to Hoi An is. He tells me 18,000 Dong (about 90 cents). I then tell him I was charged 30,000 Dong. He calls the woman over, has a few words with her in Vietnamese, which is then followed up by her opening up her wad of money and staring at me with daggers, then hands me ...
Vietnam continues Part 2
... and we toasted and skulled vodka like old friends. Apparently one of them was a policeman, Sun, and he was a lot of fun. They invited us to join them for supper and we had enormous banana prawns, noodles and crayfish. The policeman ordered bottles of vodka and Chris and Sav insisted that they be put on their bill. As you can well imagine everyone was SMASHED in a very short time. Within the hour was were giggling like little girls and cuddling each other in an international drunken ...
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... around the market. The produce was amazing, fresh fish of hundreds of varieties were laid out for sale alongside the most amazing fresh vegetables and herbs. Each stall holder shouts their produce and prices loudly in Vietnamese, kind of like our market sellers back home, only louder. Next to the market was a food hall with lots of small ‘restaurants’ which were selling unidentifiable dishes ...
Another day of biking in paradise...
... Path’’ to get back to the bikes and had a little scare when we could see nothing that we recognized from our trip to the waterfall, but with a little navigation we made a safe return. From here we went back into town enjoying the scenery but not the smells. There is an odd food that they must grow in Vietnam but I have no idea what it is. Sometimes when I am eating I get a quick waff of it and think ‘someone has sneezed in my food’ but then ...
Days 70 to 76: Hoi An
... they will not alter course nor reduce speed. It gets interesting at times.
2) The direction of traffic is an optional thing. If the turn-off you want is behind you, but not too far away, it is totally acceptable to drive up the wrong side of the road, into on-coming traffic, rather than have to head in the wrong direction and make a U-turn. Having a heavily laden truck suddenly coming straight at you is a sobering experience!
3) The number 1 rule of the road ...