Awoke at two in the morning to find Nadine perched at the end of the bed. She didn't offer any explanation as to why she was there, in fact she said nothing at all. She simply wanted to keep me awake for the hell of it. So I went to the toilet and read some more of my book by Andy Summers until I was allowed to sleep again.
Today we all got up earlier than we've managed in a long time, went and had our buffet breakfast which is quite an amazing experience, has to be said, bid farewell to the Man, quite the nicest hotel guy we've had the pleasure to meet, which is saying something, took to the streets and went in search of some last minute Christmas gifts.
It is quite a mad thing trying to walk anywhere around here, traffic comes from all over the place, yet sticking to a path for more than twenty feet is almost impossible. Apart from a total lack of any parking restriction, which means scooters and bikes park up all over any walkways you may try and take, there are quite often people sitting out cooking with Woks of boiling fat, people making clothes, people burning bits of paper, people just being people...
That's not to say it isn't fun though.
We visited a big old Vietnamese house with three resident minor birds which kept the kids amused for quite some time, taught us all how to say hello in Vietnamese! Lovely Bonsai trees...
Jumped into a couple of cycle type Tuk Tuk things and asked them to take us to the cinema, where we watched the latest Narnia film. Best thing about it is the score by David Arnold. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, which we saw yesterday, is absolutely brilliant. I had never seen any of the previous movies all the way through but the kids love them. I was blown away by it, didn't want it to end!
On the way back we passed Sword lake, where turtles live and occasionally pop up
and bring good luck to any lucky soul who sets eyes on them. A very large specimen, some two metres in length, was spotted some time back. Lucky the one who saw him.
Cartoon Mister Bean! Spot on!
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Hi, we're loving reading all about your trip, hope you have a really great Christmas and that Santa finds you (I hear that he know's where everyone is at any one time so you'll be fine!). Snow's melting here, we've got our fingers crossed that at least one tiny bit remains for saturday so we can officially have a white Christmas but it's going fast.
ReplyDeleteKeep clear of the pink eggs and Merry Christmas xxxxxxxx
Hi you all
ReplyDeletewe are going to see the narnia voyage of the dawn treader tomorrow as christmas eve treat, looking forward to it.
You all look so well and happy, keep writing, we really enjoy your updates.
love to you all xxxxx