Phuoc An River Hotel Hoi An

... BIA HOI, which closed at 11, along with everything else. Fortunately, there was a young motorbike cabbie who liked talking to people "from all the world". He encouraged us to hop on and we went to the local beach about 3 km with a bottle of rum or two that cost 2$. There we chatted it up about Vietnam and Canada etc and how his father lost a leg in the war and younger sister and brother both drowned. The ...

... the sea, and the waves made good entertainment.We got out of the water jsut before dark and got changed, then decided it would be nice to eat around the beach and sample some of the local sea food everyone is telling us to have, we scoped out a few places asking about fish prices, most were the same so we went back to the<br>first as the owner was friendly and his dad was the fisherman that had caught it all that morning. We all order Red snapper with rice, Brad being the gentlemen had the ...

... over exaggerated but I got them made anyway. They will always be remembered after that wild chase around town looking for hot pink suede anyway. We had by this stage worked up a substantial appetite (and sweat) and so fell into the first restaurant we found and devoured something - I can&#8217;t exactly remember what. Miriam had duck actually which she decided after it was all gone that we really should have tried some as it was the best thing ever. But we were left wondering and ...

... Consulate for Lifestart to get a grant from their Direct Aid Program, up to $US8,000. These processes, which he is learning about all the time, are very interesting. We wanted to direct the money to some full education scholarships, which Lifestart has been beginning to offer to clever children, but from poor backgrounds that would prevent them achieving their potential. These scholarships would take them from Grade 6 through to the end of Year 12. Some have already ...

... we don&#8217;t end up in an immigration detention centre (just joking, Mum). The authorities must be spending some time updating our files! When we get the passports back, we will be able to organize our return date, which now looks like being late November.<br><br>Our other concern with officialdom came up when we borrowed a spare bed from our friend, Robyn, an Australian who runs another NGO and has lived here for 8 years. She said that tourists are supposed to stay in hotels ...

... that nourishes their bodies so that they could go back to doing the kind of work they do.<br><br> As simple as their meal may sound, the vegetables and sauces are very tasty. I saw a woman pour some kind of sauce from a bottle and it reminded me of another story my mom used to tell me. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s a true story or just folklore. Before I tell the story you should know that traditionally, every Vietnamese meal consists of com ...