Green Plaza Hotel Da Nang

... 8217; bus but the bus driver & tour guide would not let them on, even after they explained their predicament. Bernie came across the Red Cross & they offered them a bed if they could not get back on the ship. They found some people that could speak English (from New Zealand) and they told them that they had seen 2 Volendam buses a couple of blocks away so they ran to the location (you have to remember ...

... for the best. It is still hot and humid though. Danang is a beautiful town (that's where the Americans were) and almost look like a resort with his beaches and the sea (China Beach). <br><br>Arrived at Hoi An and the resort is like the ones in the islands.... but they suffered some damage in the last Typhoon and are still in process of cleaning... the water came to 1 metre high.<br><br>The room I have is like, ... you see in ...

... of going home home, to safe, cosy Strathmore, where our house is on top of a hill!<br><br>We have both been keeping diaries during our time here. Mark is now onto his second one, so that was safely with him while away. However, the first one, containing 200 pages of insightful gems (or at least some record of what happened), was swimming in the water, apparently ruined. This was perhaps the most distressing thing to lose. Mark hung it on the window, checking every few hours ...

... not sure of all of<br>them) and a spicy paste &#8211; delish. Watching the locals line up to order, I noticed how much they were paying. 5000 dong &#8211; trying to<br>be sly after we ordered our 2 I hand her a 10000 dong bill &#8211; she<br>stops us and says nope 10,000 for 1. I try to point out that I saw<br>locals pay the 5000 but she's adamant &#8211; we pay the tourist price.<br>Since 10,000 dong isn't even a ...

... some rubble in the water. A few times I did and ate it, but it was well worth it. And I didn't get sick from the water. After chatting with some of the fishermen for a bit we left and went to check out some huge ships that washed up on the sea wall. The Ships were massive! I feel like the storm hit this side of the coast harder than ours! Man! It was a crazy adventure, but teaching resumed yesterday. So, ya. Well thanks for reading this!<br>-Robin Fawcett

... and dodged torrential rain. It was pretty unbelievable, the continual pelting we received. Just when we thought it was lightening up, another downpour would begin. Nevertheless, we were determined not to let this totally ruin our day, and we did have some good experiences: <br><br>We went into one shop because they had some pretty silk kimono robes on display. When I tried one on and noticed the sleeves were too short, the woman helping me offered to make a new one ...

... of Hoi An in the early hours, where we somehow made our ways home.<br><br>The high point of the week came when Finola received the fantastic news that she'd been awarded A grades for her A levels which she sat back in June, and had met the requirements to take a place to study medicine at UCL in September 2010! Congratulations Finola! This put an end to some nervous anticipation, and gave us the freedom to relax and happily enjoy the rest of the week, and the year to come!<br>

These are some photos and videos from the mohter of all moped rides. We mobbed the streets with 8 mopeds, but only made it up with 4 because the rest weren't so powerful, not good! it was an amazing trip though. There were wheelies, burn outs, and a monkey. There were also crazy looking humming birds and great snacks!

... bin auf jeden Fall den ganzen Tag durch die Strassen geirrt (hab mich natu**lich v**laufen, konnte ab** kein Tuk Tuk, Moto, Taxi od** was auch imm** nehmen, weil die netten Fahr** mich so unglaublich gen**vt haben, dass ich denen nun wirklich kein Geld geben wollte). Ansonsten fuehlt man sich in Bangkok an d** einen Ecke, als sei man 1000 Jahre in die Zukunft gebeamt worden und an d** naechsten als sei man in die V**gangenheit g**eist. Es ist einfach ...