Up about 7:30, showered, took some pics of some of our suits and jackets, then took it all to the post office to mail it. Together, we had 10 kg's, and it cost us about $55CDN to mail it seamail. It'll probably take 3 months to get to Canada.
We had breakfast, packed, checked out and went to the beach about 12:30.
The beach vendors vary in age. Some are teenagers, that speak good english, and they like to sit and have a conversation with you, even if you don't want to buy anything. Some are OLD! One lady selling stuff was 70 years old (and she looked it!) You have to imagine, a 70 year old, wrinkly, no teeth lady, who barely speaks any english, carrying a big bag of "stuff" (trinkets, tiger balm, etc.) and another bag with pineapple. Poor lady, feel sorry for her. I just can't imagine grandma doing that!!
About 1:30, Court and I ordered some lunch, so we could get the chairs for free, then about 2:00, clouds started to roll in, and you could see a storm approaching. The breeze was quite cool today, it felt very nice. With the sun saying goodbye, and the storm saying hello, we headed back to town, back to the hotel, and showered, then walked around Hoi An to take some pictures (something we hadn't done yet). Court bought a scarf for way more than she wanted to spend, but all the shops were very stringent on the $2US price, and wouldn't budge, unless you wanted two or more.
The waterfront is quite nice during the daytime.
As we were walking along the streets, a kid on a bike pulled up to Courtney and started talking somewhat mean to her, I turn around, and it's the kid she was supposed to meet at 2:00 today! I started laughing so hard, I had to walk away. The kid is mad, saying, "Yesterday, you tell me you meet me at 2:00 today, and you not there to buy anything." And he was totally on her case, and wouldn't let up on her. Court tried to get out of it by saying she was at the beach at 2:00, and she was there at 3:00, but he didn't care, she was supposed to be there at 2:00, and she wasn't. IN amongst all this, he's also expecting her to buy more stuff, 5 postcards for 25,000, and Court's telling him it's too much, then he drops to 5 for 20,000, and Court is walking away, trying to get away, but the kid is persistent, and in quite a loud voice, so others could here. The kid is asking her "How much? How much?" Finally the kid says 5 for 15,000, and Courtney stops. She needs to get rid of this kid, so she buys 5 postcards that she doesn't even want for 15,000 dong. The kid is still quite upset about the whole thing. The whole time this is going on, I'm laughing...it's just too funny that the kid found her!!!
AFter that, we walked back to teh hotel, then did the internet, and here we are! We're just going to eat, then wait for our bus to Nha Trang.
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