Awoken promptly at 6:25 we were “told get off the train, get off the train”. It was time for us to depart without a seconds thought. We made it off quickly and luckily didn’t lose anybody else. We had arrived in Nha Trang. We boarded a bus to our Hotel.
Unfortunately for us we weren’t allowed into our room as it was so early. We all lazed by the pool for a while and relax. I must say sitting in the sun by pool was agony and torture combined. After a while we ventured over towards the breakfast buffet. Without checking the selection we sat down and paid. Only after getting up we found the selection was poor. It was all rice, chips, hot dogs etc for Breakfast ewwwww. No sign of any cereal I’m afraid. We fuelled ourselves with some fruit and toast.
Today’s activity was a trip to the beach. This time bad weather wasn’t going to be an issue. The location of our beach was where Miss Universe had partially been filmed last year. Once Donald Trump and the likes have been in town you know you’re safe. An Australian man had organised the day at the beach. On the menu was all you can eat BBQ Aussie style and all you can drink as well as a beautiful beach. It does sound like no problems doesn’t it?
We got to the beach and at last we got to experience some sea water in Asia. We all ran straight towards it. It was really warm. Warm water makes a change from the cold waters of Australia. The waves were pretty good aswell so we chilled and relaxed in water. We then all chilled and sunbathed. We even took on the locals in footy.
Things were going a little too well so one problem was discovered. The problem was the toilet situation. A normal Asian toilet involves a hole in ground and a bucket of water. Could it get any worse? I’m afraid so this toilet involved you walking into a cubicle without a hole. You basically had to urinate on concrete floor and throw water over it afterwards to wash it away. Everyone was so scared to go and hoped it was only going to be for a number one. Enough disgusting talk.
The whole thing cost us $20 (USD) so we made sure we got our moneys worth of food and drink. Next up was king’s cup again. There was lots of drama once more. One game ended up with Mike having to run into water with another one of the group. We made our way back to hotel at 4 so we could sleep and recharge for later. We went for dinner that evening and played pool. A good night was had by all but we turned in pretty early.
The next day the sun was splitting the rocks so we all chilled by the pool for a few hours. Topping up the tans was the main agenda for everyone. After a few hours Mike and Gary decided they wanted to go on net to upload photos etc. I wanted a hair cut so ventured around for a while before stumbling across a place. We all meet up later for dinner so we wouldn’t be hungry for the train.
It was time to board the train and say our goodbyes to Nha Trang. Mike decided to play football on the tracks before this though. This train was 2nd class and there were big differences from the last trip not least of all the appearance of a rat in our carriage. We were all sitting down chatting when all of a sudden Mike leaps and shouts “RAT”. Everyone freaks and runs out of carriage. Panic began across the whole group. We searched the room he was gone but perhaps he had done his damage as for the next twenty minutes every little movement was meet by a YELP or SCREECH. We tried to sleep that night but Mike, Gary, Phil or I couldn’t maybe the rat was playing on our subconscious.
Rat and out,
Conor
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