We had a prompt pick up at 7am from Dalat. The small mini bus was packed to the rafters with people and luggage and the journey on the terrible pitted roads made for a nauseous few hours.
George and Ellie from the mini bus ride
Today we met people closer to home starting on the bus with a young couple, George from Stoke and Ellie, his partner from Solihull. It helps pass the time when you have fresh faces to talk to so the 3 and a half hour journey passed quite quickly.
I practiced my hammock skills
Our hotel is quite pleasant, right on the beach with its own private section with sun beds and shady areas.We were both so tired we slept for 3 hours before venturing out along the long Russian dominated road into the centre. We booked a sunset tour for tomorrow where we will be picked up by jeep and taken to a few locations before the sunset that is said to be beautiful here.
View from our hotel room
We found a bar near the centre that sold western food and despite the fact that this is a fishing village that has every sort of sea creature on show along the front, Deb had burger and chips and I had a pizza. Talk about Brits abroad. There was live entertainment from a lovely guy from Manila with a distinct "Cat Stevens" style.His melancholy music together with his easy going connection with the audience made for an enjoyable evening. He even serenaded Deb with his own arrangement of "your song".
Its a little bit funny, this feeling inside
Deb enjoys the sunshine.
In the bar we met a couple even closer to home. Rick from Nuneaton and Samantha from Smiths Wood have been travelling for 14 months through Asia and had us in stitches about their tales about India. They had also worked as English teachers in Thailand.This was our latest night out so far as we returned after midnight ready for a nice kip followed by a busy day tomorrow.
Our hotel
Strange sea creatures
Anyone for a crab ?
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