We're all settle into the beach town of Nha Trang.
We arrived here this afternoon. It's beautiful. I imagine this is what the Caribbean or Southern California looked like before tons and tons of tourists arrived. It's got quite a few high rise buildings but nothing like Waikiki. The beach seems nice as well.
We haven't decided what we're going to do tomorrow, go to the beach or maybe take a boat trip. Who knows?
Our hotel here is $40/night (five dollars less per night than our hotel in Hanoi) and is a lot nicer. In the Hanoi hotel room, the tub was so high off the ground that I was afraid we were going to slip and fall and break something (yes, I spend my time with old people so these are things about which I think). We do have a beautiful view of a wall outside our room here. Thao and I are very content looking at a wall in exchange for good old fashioned cleanliness.
Since I don't have much to write about today I thought I'd take a moment to discuss the things that we've experienced abroad which we think should be imported into the U.S. such as in Vietnamese airports any package or odd thing one would like to be checked in as baggage can be wrapped in clear plastic "cling wrap" for about 3 dollars, all meals in Japan and Vietnam start with moistened handy wipes, the trash (even the bins on the street) in Japan is separated by types, e.g. cans, bottles, "combustibles", and "others," Vietnam has a universal helmet law, 1.5 liter bottles of water have a handy handle built in, and I'm sure there are others but I can't remember them right now. If I remember more I'll write them down.
Good night (it's about 7:30pm here).
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Maybe your hotel needed an OT to come over for a safety check and install grab bars...
My friend from Argentina cling wraps her luggage herself all the time and gets all huffy when the TSA people in American airports want to take it off. It's kind of curious that they do the same thing in an entirely different continent!
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