Bach Dang Hotel Da Nang

Last night I got smart & ordered coffee to be delivered to our cabin at 0600. The knock came at 0550 which was just fine. It is sure great having that 1st morning cup of coffee and now we do not have to 'fight' the crowds for coffee on the Lido deck. The coffee machines upstairs are pretty slow & they sometimes have urns of coffee available but not always. The service on this ship (and I assume all HAL ships) is certainly gone down, it is not a big deal ...

... we are looking forward to showing them around Hoi An. At the same time that they leave, we will head off for a week’s break, possibly to Nha Trang, but our destination will depend on the prevailing weather conditions. Then we will come back here for about three days to tidy up any loose ends. We are ready to come home now and are getting into wind-down mode, especially since Mark’s successor is now well entrenched. We feel that things are going to be left in good hands.

Love,

Mary and Mark.

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Back in Hoi An with our unfriendly hotel staff and cockroaches we were yet to meet at this stage things were going well. The sun was shining, the iced coffee was excellent and the pool a wonderful escape from the clutches of the all too eager tailors. I didn’t have anything in particular I wanted made which I thought was a shame as we were in the best place in Asia allegedly for tailor made clothes and shoes. It was also quite a relief and after having a quick flick ...

... hilarious, but I never got their contact info. so I won't be talking to them soon, shooters. Anyways, they were there on their honey moon. It gives me hope, because they were 28 and 29. I was like......aww man yes! I might have a shot at still gettin' married! ahah. JK. (Mom and Grandma this doesn't mean play matchmaker still). I hope you enjoy the videos. They are funny. {Thanks for reading my latest blog!}
-Robin Hood

... from buildings and dumped in the museum. However, the more you saw, the more impressive they seemed. We learnt about some bloke who has a thing for these sculptures so set up the museum and has done a massive preservation drive for them. When the Americans were bombing the area around Hoi An, they hit My Son which is an area with loads of Cham Sculptures so this blokey ...

... attractions around town. The ticket isn't very straight forward, and we have to chose 1 of 4 options, there being 4 options in different parts of town - and all being on the map on the walking tour. Was a wee bit confusing but we saw what we wanted to in the end and it was pretty nice.

I should note that here my camera started to flip out - due to a Cambodian camera virus - and my photos disappeared! It's all fixed now, and I ...

... a foray of colors. They performed their craft with precision and speed. Most lanterns are collapsible for easy transport. Bonus!

My next purchase was a wooden Buddha statue – small enough to be affordable and transportable, about 20 cm tall. It’s the typical Buddha in meditation on an open lotus in a natural reddish wood. They were asking 300 000 dong (about 18$). After some mild haggling and negotiating I paid 200 000. They only ...

... some stuff. I took a video of what I felt after teaching for the first time by myself two weeks ago and I also took decided I would make a list of the Top 10 things I've Learned in Vietnam the last month. I hope you enjoy!
-Robin Fawcett

... ab** ich finde es dort einfach toll. Hauptsaechlich fahren dort Motorroll** durch die Gegend und es ist auch sehr laut. Ab** im Gegensatz zu Bangkok ist hi** irgendwie alles entspannt**. Mann wird natu**lich an jed** Ecke gefragt, ob man einen Roll** braucht, ab** wenn nicht, ist es auch gut. Hi** geht glaub ich auss** mir, fast kein** einen Met** zu Fuss. And**e Touris, haben mir all**dings **zaehlt, dass sie auch n**vig**e Erfahrungen mit den Typen ...

... In my case, a local guy at a video game place wanted to help so he told me to hop on the back of his motorbike and drove me to China Beach. The hostel I had planned on staying at that night did not appear to exist so I told the guy to stop at a different hotel, where I met some Filipinos and the family who owned the hotel. Apparently, there has been a history of Filipinos moving to this area of Da Nang to find work and I happen to stumble across a ...