Dancing in the Slag Bar and Merry Sailing Club Times.

The sleeper train was actually super nice. We had a cosy little cabin
for me, Becky, Hoppy and Mirelle. I had a top bunk. It was ever so
nice. We went for some food in the restaurant coach, and I had instant
noodle soup. Boy, it was yummy. I love instant noodles. Nat had a
dirty sausage sandwich, because she is gross.

We made a friend on the train. A guy who worked there kept coming in
to talk to us. He seemed to really like us. First he came into our
cabin and told us we were beautiful, which is always nice to hear.
Then he came in and started chatting to us. He didn't speak the best
English, so we couldn't really understand. I just replied to his
question with "Yes", and he left again. Then Becky told me that I had
answered "Yes" in reply to the question "Are you American?". Oops. We
got scared that he would hate us because he thought we were American,
so the next time he came in we put him straight. When we told him we
were English, he took our glasses for water away and washed them. How
very kind, I thought. He defo wouldn't have done that if he thought we
were American.  After a little while he came back in and sprayed
air freshener and waved at Becky. Then when we left our cabin to go
and get food he locked up our cabin and stood guard outside it until
we got back. It was brill. We were defo VIPs on that train.

We arrived in Nha Trang super early in the morning, like five or half
fiveish. We dropped our stuff at the hotel and went for a walk to the
beach. It was about six o'clock when we got to the beach, but it was
sooooo busy. It was insanely busy for that time in the morning. There
were people doing aerobics and yoga in the sand, there were people
playing badminton and there was a ton of people just setting up their
umbrellas and beach mats in preparation for a day in the sun. I
thought it was very keen of them. Becky told me it was disgusting and
that they should all go back to bed. She is not a morning person.

We breakfasted after beach fun times. I had a banana pancake. Then we
sun creamed up in preparation for our sunny sunny boat trip.

On the way to our happy boat, Becky and Nat decided to buy some cone
hats, like the ones the Vietnamese people wear. I didn't get one
because my hat from Angkor Wat is still intact, whereas Becky lost
hers and Nat wrecked hers. They looked ridiculous. :) I did purchase some
goggles.  I am a right wimp when it comes to getting sea water in my eyes,
so I decided that goggles would be a good idea.  I look ridiculous though.
I have since thrown them away.

Our boat trip was super fun. First of all we went to a fishing village
and had a walkie round. We saw a lady making a fishing net and we saw
a man getting his ears cleaned. Hygiene, hygiene.  We also saw some kids
in school and  they were really cute. Then we had a ride in a lovely bamboo
contraption. The water was lovely and clear and it made me very happy.

We returned to the boat and Becky and I had pedicures by some ladies
on the boat. I had frenchie manicure style on my toes, which Mummy Hen
hates because she thinks it looks wag. I like it though. I like wags.

After our nails were nice and dry we snorkelly snorkelled. The
snorkelling was way better that the crappy snorkelling in
Sihanoukville. Way better. I had a life jacket on because I am lazy
and I like to float. We saw lots of lovely coral and some nice fishies
as well. Mirelle and Griff saw an eel thing but I didn't see it
because you had to get way close to coral and rocks and I don't like
to touch things in the sea. It freaks me out.

We had lunch on the boat. There was soooo much food. I had noodles and
spring rolls and green beans and beef and I tried some fish but I
didn't like it so I gave it to Nat.

After lunch we behaved like loons and jumped off the top of the boat.
It was way scary, it was like a lot of metres high. I wasn't sure if I
was going to jump off when I went up onto the roof of the boat, but
when I got up there the floor was so hot that I really didn't have
much choice. I had a strapless bikini on as well, so I was worried
that I would flash. I didn't though. Phew.

We went and sat on a nice pebley beach after that. I sat in a deck
chair and fell asleep. It was very pleasant. Thankfully I was in the
shade, so I didn't fry like a piece of bacon. I woke up just as we
were about to hop back on our boaty.

We stopped at another snorkelly spot after that and then we returned
to dry land.

We just chillaxed after that and got ready for dinner. I straightened
my hair and everything. We went out for dinner to a place that did
loads of Italian food. I had pasta with bacon and it was way nice.

Our guide, Huy, had organised to take us out to a local bar for drinks
after dinner. We all accompanied him. We thought it would be very nice
to see how the locals spend their evenings, when in Rome and all that.
So we went to this bar. When we got there it was not at all what
we had expected. He had taken us to this really sleazy old man's club,
with banging music and girls in very little clothing dancing around
poles. We were the only girls in there who weren't there solely for
the entertainment of drunken Vietnamese men.

We decided to make the most of it, and we stayed for a drink. When
there was an especially funky tune on, we went and danced. That turned
out to be a had idea though, because we attracted the attention of
groups of old drunken blokes who came and gyrated next to us. Not fun
times. In the end, we made our excuses and left. The boys had already
gone, I guess it was even more awkward to be a guy in there than it
was for us. When we were walking back to the hotel, we saw them having
a drink so we stopped and joined them.

It was the end of happy hour, so we quickly ran to the bar and ordered
buy one get one free cocktails. I had a Cosmo. It did not taste like a
Cosmo in the slightest. It was still nice though. We stayed in there
for ages, it was a really cool place. We wrote on the wall.  You were
allowed, like. I didn't just do it like a vandal.  After we had become
sufficiently merry, we accompanied some Irish people to a bar called
the Why Not Bar. Nat and I danced around like loons on the dance floor.

We met a horrible Canadian boy in there. He was way mean to Natasha. I
asked him to leave our group if he was going to be mean. I was ever so
polite about it, but I didn't want to have to spend time with a horrid
person, so I told him. He wasn't happy, and spent the rest of he time
in the bar bitching about us to a girl with a stupid headband on.

When the Why Not Bar got boring, we took a  trip to the Sailing Club.
Golly, the sailing club was fun. We danced around to some funky tunes
and it was wicked cool. When we were sitting down after dancing fun
times, the nasty Canadian came and sat on our table. I was not a happy
bunny. Hadn't I already made it clear that he was to horrible to be in
our company?? So I asked him not to hang around with us. He went off
in a mard. No wonder he has no friends, being such a grump.

For some reason, the music in the Sailing Club stopped quite early. We
were not ready for bed time, oh no, so we took our buckets to the
beach. Nat went in the sea because she had her bikini on, but I stayed
on the sand because I had normal clothes on. I was very happy on the
beach, until a pesky scouser came and picked me up and threw into the
sea. In my clothes. Goodness me. So I had a little swim and then we
went home for sleep times.