Monday 10th March 2008

Our hotel gave us a wake up call this morning, because we'd booked to go on a tour of four of the islands that are just off the shore of Nha Trang. The girl on reception said that our bus would be picking us up about 8.45am, which left us loads of time to get some breakfast. Just to be on the safe side we went to a place just over the road and it was a good job we did, because they were the slowest cooks in the world! We finished just as the bus was arriving and were soon onboard and on our way down to the harbour.

The girl on reception sold us the more expensive ticket for this tour, because she said it was a more luxurious boat. I don't know if we've come to expect too much, but it wasn't... at all! It was an old rickety thing, but was good fun all the same - plus the staff were crazy! Our first stop was just off Mun Island. Once the boat had dropped it's anchor we were all able to jump into the beautiful bluey/green water and go snorkeling. Nikki didn't bother though, because she's still not feeling too good. When all the swimmers were back on the boat we moved onto the next island - Môt Island. When we were just off shore we were given our lunch... even though it was still only 11am!

Our next island was called Tam Island where we got off for some free time. On the way over the crew of the boat gave a karaoke performance. The main man was totally mental, dancing and singing at the top of his voice - he had everyone up dancing with him and it was all good fun. The final island of the day was called Mieu Island, where we got to visit the Trí Nguyên Aquarium. When we were back on dry land we came back to our hotel, where we had showers before going out for a Vietnamese meal. Afterwards we bought ourselves take-away coffees and a big bag of M&Ms to eat in our room while we watched The Da Vinci Code.

Typical, the olds leave... and so does the rain!