Good morning, Vietnam! I've been in Hoi An for about two days now, and I'm about to head out and back to Hue for the remainder of my time in Vietnam before I go back to China. Let me tell you, I've loved (almost) every minute of my trip to Hoi An so far.
First off, I met SO MANY cool people! There were Sam and Elliott from England, who I shared a room with, Ash and Dan from Australia, two Norwegian girls (Julie and I can't remember the other girl's name), an Indian (I'm going to butcher his name if I try to spell it), and two Brazilian guys (Raphael and I never caught the second guy's name). Two Canadians and an English guy later joined us. The awesome thing was, we all met on the bus on the way from Hanoi to Hoi An and when we got to Hoi An, we just kept running into each other! It was like a little mini community because it was such a small town. So even though I was travelling alone, I always had someone to hang out with. I love travelling!
So here in Hoi An I havn't done much. I went to the My Son ruins and took a tour, wandered around Hoi An old town and took some pictures, got a suit made, and went to the beach. Unfortunately, I only got to spend an hour at the beach because my bus left at 2 o'clock and my suit fitting was at 10. Now that I'm in Hue, I kind of miss everyone! And the beach was so beautiful in Hoi An, almost as beautiful as Phuket and Ko Chang.
The only bad part about the trip to Hoi An was that the first night we were there, someone broke into Ash, Dan, and Elliott's room and made off with 3.5 million dong (about 200 bucks), two cameras, a cell phone, and a few other miscellaneous items. We know it was the hotel staff because we had only left for about a half hour to go swimming, and when we came back, the boys noticed there was an extra little door into their room and all of their stuff had been rifled through. When they tried to report it to the hotel, the man tried to say that they all left their stuff on the bus and that they should leave because they weren't the type of people they wanted at the hotel. And the police were entirely unhelpful. Needless to say, we left that night and went to stay in another hotel. It's just heartbreaking to know that all of your photos were lost. Elliott had a month's worth of photos on his camera, and I know Ash probably had a similar situation. Luckily, they didn't find Dan's camera. It just makes me sick that someone would want to do that. Why would you want to ruin someone's trip, no matter what your reasons are? Ugh.
I also get really sad when I think about all of the awesome people I meet on these trips, and the fact that I'm probably never going to see them again. They are all such cool people! Hopefully I'll be able to stay in contact with a few of them through Facebook.
First off, I met SO MANY cool people! There were Sam and Elliott from England, who I shared a room with, Ash and Dan from Australia, two Norwegian girls (Julie and I can't remember the other girl's name), an Indian (I'm going to butcher his name if I try to spell it), and two Brazilian guys (Raphael and I never caught the second guy's name). Two Canadians and an English guy later joined us. The awesome thing was, we all met on the bus on the way from Hanoi to Hoi An and when we got to Hoi An, we just kept running into each other! It was like a little mini community because it was such a small town. So even though I was travelling alone, I always had someone to hang out with. I love travelling!So here in Hoi An I havn't done much. I went to the My Son ruins and took a tour, wandered around Hoi An old town and took some pictures, got a suit made, and went to the beach. Unfortunately, I only got to spend an hour at the beach because my bus left at 2 o'clock and my suit fitting was at 10. Now that I'm in Hue, I kind of miss everyone! And the beach was so beautiful in Hoi An, almost as beautiful as Phuket and Ko Chang.
The only bad part about the trip to Hoi An was that the first night we were there, someone broke into Ash, Dan, and Elliott's room and made off with 3.5 million dong (about 200 bucks), two cameras, a cell phone, and a few other miscellaneous items. We know it was the hotel staff because we had only left for about a half hour to go swimming, and when we came back, the boys noticed there was an extra little door into their room and all of their stuff had been rifled through. When they tried to report it to the hotel, the man tried to say that they all left their stuff on the bus and that they should leave because they weren't the type of people they wanted at the hotel. And the police were entirely unhelpful. Needless to say, we left that night and went to stay in another hotel. It's just heartbreaking to know that all of your photos were lost. Elliott had a month's worth of photos on his camera, and I know Ash probably had a similar situation. Luckily, they didn't find Dan's camera. It just makes me sick that someone would want to do that. Why would you want to ruin someone's trip, no matter what your reasons are? Ugh.
I also get really sad when I think about all of the awesome people I meet on these trips, and the fact that I'm probably never going to see them again. They are all such cool people! Hopefully I'll be able to stay in contact with a few of them through Facebook.
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Yes, I was going to say "look for them on Facebook!!" That is soooo frustrating and irritating about the theft! Ahh! And what can a foreigner do?? Nothing! How terrible!
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