Techincally I'm in Tokyo while writing the first part of this (or just outside of it) and I just
I could not bring myself to schlep into Tokyo at 7:00am after two hours of plane sleep so I've been kickin' it here at the airport. Crashed out in a day room for some horizontal sleep and am now updating the blog. I can't save pictures from here so will add those when I'm back home.
On to our last two days in Hoi An.
I eventually found them looking at the last of the sites. It had been the grandest of all the
We met two women who said we looked Vietnamese, though it was mostly the hair that had them going... "same same, but different" (seems that phrase has leaked over from Thailand). They gave us bananas from their mother in the market and then charged me too much for
In one case, a waitress at a restaurant told me I looked Vietnamese (and what's in it for her to lie?) and then we joked about her helping me pick the lock on our bikes since I was waiting for Mary Kay and our bikes were locked together. When I left, she made me a crane from a beer bottle label. Now that's just precious.
Saturday night, we ate on the balcony of one restaurant overlooking the river watching it all pass by. Tourists out for a stroll, teens out cruising, fishermen on the river with headlamps. Hoi An was a good choice of final cities.
Our best choice was to scooter down to the Victoria Resort on Sunday afternoon and pay our
A little swimming in the ocean, a little swimming in the pool, a little laying out while the cabana boys run around. It was a good way to spend Sunday before what will be a 32 hour jouney home. (ugh)
Mary Kay has two weeks of traveling left and I must come home and see about putting all the footage together to get something she can use to promote her project, and then a record of our trip.
I won't miss the heat and humidity but I am definitely going to miss the coffee. I'm bringing some back, but you might want to wait until I figure out how to make it before accepting a cup.
It' been a pleasure sharing my trip with you. If you ever go to Vietnam, let me know and I'll gladly share details and tips!
Hen gap lai (see you again)!
Miss K
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