Faifo Hotel Da Nang

... time trying to sell drinks, but on this cruise we have to go looking for them. I think I prefer it this way. If I want a drink, I will get it and I don&#8217;t have to constantly say "No thanks". <br><br>Just as we were finished eating another couple from our group came in to eat so we sat with them &amp; visited a bit. They had a horrific time yesterday in Vietnam. They did the Hoi An tour &amp; their tour guide ...

... been going on for hours and the rain has not stop since last nite... I hope it will abate when I get to Danang <br><br>It rained most of the way to Danang.... Hoi An is just south of Danang.<br><br>We took the main road across the mountains, it was beautiful with the clouds. As soon as we left Hue most of the are was under water, all the rice fields are flooded and some of the streets too. <br><br>We stopped on the road so I could try ...

... Russell&#8217;s suitcase was returned looking as good as new. The roof was repaired the next day. We have seen a lot of tiny frogs, less than 1 cm. The girls call them toads, but they look cute. There was also a lizard in our bedroom, but we don&#8217;t know where it has gone!! There are snakes around, near our house, but they have not been inside yet. The locals say they are harmless!!<br><br>Sue and Russ had intended to spend their final few days here in the Golden Sands ...

... the city<br>became dark &#8211; literally. Several days before we arrived a typhoon<br>hit the area and the residents are still cleaning up. So for about an<br>hour the city went dark. We took refuge at a French restaurant which<br>had a generator and were treated to amazing chocolate mousse &#8211; one<br>of the best I've ever had!<br><br><br><br>Today, we took in some sights while walking slowly under the hot ...

... pretty gnarly. Than we headed back to my friend Ryan's 11th storey apartment overlooking Da Nang and watched the city for a bit. It was weird not to see any lights and not much movement. We played some nerts and decided to go home. Once we got home I had almost forgotten that I had some beef in the freezer that was probably going to go bad with no electricity. So I cooked 4 lbs. of beef with taco seasoning, by head lamp of course. ahah. And we also made ...

... but with the kind of weather central Vietnam suffers from (climate is described as tropical monsoon), I'm sure there are a lot of leaky roofs around. Otherwise we were comfortable and had a view of the latte-colored Thu Bon River which, during our stay, was really swollen and fast-moving. Our room was located near a busy ferry route, and the boats seemed to run 24 hours a day. None appeared to have a muffler. It was like listening to helicopters at close range ...

We decided to take a day to chill after a crazy week. We hit up a resort, paid 5$ USD and got access to pool tables, two pools to swim in, good food, a clean beach, and comfy lounge chairs. took some funny video too. So check it out and laugh.......or whatever. ahaha.

... busy-busy tourists a-buzzing.<br><br>Later in the week we hired bicycles and took off down country roads, pausing to spy on farmers and The Party, and watching women going about their cycling business in their Non La hats. Later still, we hired a moped and took turns to zip each other along the coast to visit the nearby beaches. We were afflicted with a flat tyre, which some locals happily repaired for us at the side of the road, before reaching a fantastic Virgin Mary ...

Nachdem ich ein paar Tage in Sydney v**bracht habe, ging es dann endlich nach Bangkok. Wid** **warten wurde ich nicht von dem Taxifahr** v**arscht, d** mich zu meinem Backpack** gebracht hat und sonst hat auch alles **staunlich gut und einfach geklappt. D** Stadtteil in dem ich gewohnt habe (Shukumvit) ist auf jeden Fall sehr zu empfehlen und dort hat es mir auch recht gut gefallen. Ansonsten bin ich mir noch nicht so ganz Sich**, was ich von Bangkok halte ...

... brother of the owner (there were actually 5 brothers) was particularly interested in me because he found that I am American and insisted on talked to me for the rest of dinner. Since the Tet holiday was wrapping up, this was kind of a final dinner celebration for the family, so naturally the beer was flowing and all kinds of food was coming out of the woodwork, which I couldn't refuse. The drunker the brother got, the more eager he was to talk ...