Thanhthanh Hotel Nha Trang

... a deluxe suite. Well, an advance birthday present to the birthday girl.<br><br>I can't be bothered to unpack and just throw the bag onto the bed and we're off looking for dinner. A few blocks down the road, we saw an Indian restaurant and with its prominent halal sign on display, we went in and stop for nothing!<br><br>After that dinner, we went for a walk along ...

I received an invitation to the opening ceremony for the Pacific Ocean University here in Nha Trang. One of the Dean's invited Mike Cull and I. Mike's girlfriend teaches there. She had given the Dean my resume and he wanted to meet me and Mike. Classes at POU just started in September. Financial backing came from a large bank in Vietnam because they need educated employees. The English department is critical and getting native speakers essential ...

... they want to do everything for you except wipe your butt...<br>4. Who taught vietnamese women to sniff their men as a sign of affection?<br>5. The fruit is so good I can't bring myself to use the Vita Mixer that I lugged here.<br>6. The Vietnamese are not fat like us Americans because they are not constantly confronted and tempted by junk food being shoved in their faces.<br>7. I'd give anything for a good poop.<br><br><br>

... which scattered as you went through them. I tell you it beat the hell out of the 2 degree water around Plymouth sound in the middle of November that I trained in!<br>Met these two Canadians diving in the advanced class who were also traveling around Asia, but instead had bought two motos to travel up the country in, thus freeing them of any travel cost responsibility! Sounded like great fun!<br><br>Bumped into the 3 ...

... and got pretty comfortable as the rain started to do its thing.! So Blondy and I looked each other in the eye and said." Why Not" it´s happy hour so bring it on.!! Our waiter´s name was FU......the next day we called him FU YOU !! Happy hour was simple.....Vodka in a normal glass, or Vodka in a Fish tank, or Vodka in a Buckett.....all doubles...so?? Why Not.! we started with the normal glasses.." Perfect, FU next to our table, rain in Nha Trang and all 2 for 1 ...

Well this week has just flown by! I left Mui Ne Saturday morning with Lee(England) , Sonny (England), and Richie (OZ). John and Chris wanted to spend a few more days relaxing in Mui Ne so I went ahead to get certified with Lee and Sonny. The scuba course was 3 days and included 2 dives each day. I was told by a couple of people that Nha Trang is actually the cheapest place to get certified in all of Asia. I payed $220 US and I tell you it was ...

... the holiday destination of choice for all the wealthy residents of Saigon with a beautiful arcing beach and some of the beast scuba diving spots in Asia. There's bars, clubs, pubs and restaurants so your completely spoiled for choice when it comes to the evening. There's also a few islands off the coast where you can see monkeys and waterfalls but after my days exploits I thought it best to just eat and retreat to the charming ...

... dong which is around $1.50 USD which is nothing. We go inside and it&#8217;s completely empty. There many have been 5-10 other people there. It&#8217;s a small park but we never had to wait on any lines. Since there&#8217;s no one at the water park we basically made up our own rules&#8230; there are none. Every time Charlie goes to the park he creates new way to go down the water slide. Out of all the time I went down the slides not once did I go down alone, we were ...

... sweet old school helmet with goggles. Pretty good sales guy! Also picked up a bag of balloons as they are the easiest toy to pack... and we'll be visiting an orphanage somewhere along our trip. Spent the rest of the day on some very comfy rented loungers just back from the sand on the beach.... a brew pub has set up... the Louisiana Brew Pub top be exact. They have a pool... and that is why we were there!!! Had a delicious dinner for the second ...

... after Hanoi, and we had a nice big jolly dinner. After dinner, we wanted to meet up with one of Hanan&#8217;s co-worker&#8217;s relatives (Cuong from Bin Filling has a brother-in-law who lives in Nha Trang), and we had arranged ahead of time to meet him at a local bar called Guava or Mango or something like that. When we met Win, we were surprised at how young he was -- then we quickly became surprised at how much he drank and how much he wanted everyone else to drink ...