Can't even be sure where we left off last. Somewhere mid Vietnam...
We spent our last 4 days in Vietnam between very relaxed resort/party beach town Nha Trang and absolutely hectic Ho Chi Mihn. Highlights were: spa day, the meal we splurged on for $10 and still haven't stopped talking about, amazing fresh rolls, and the Vietnam war site tour.
Lowlights were: rats near our hostel (I've grown a deep fear), my fair skinned travel partners burning to a crisp, accidenty staying on the street filled with "cafe's" which were really brothels, and the shooting rang that someone for some reason thought was appropriate for the war tour.
All in all we massively fell in love with Vietnam. A perfect balance of culture shock/few tourists and yet lots to do and general feelings of safety and friendliness.
We now have made it to Bali for some very new exciting things. Brigid and Kath spent the last 2 days surfing in the Nusa islands while I met Tara in Kuta (my friend joining us for the Bali portion of our trip). We all have now reunited in Ubud. Very cool small city which most of Eat Pray Love was filmed in. The people here are possibly the friendliest yet! This town is what I'm calling Yogaville because its extremely cultural with many temples and vegan/organic/hip folks just chillin out doing yoga. We caught a famous Balinese dance show tonight, which ended with a man walking on fire.....
Next up is Gili Islands...where they say snorkeling and scuba diving is the best in the world (known for sea turtles). We're all ready to lay on a beach for a week!!
Lots of love. Hugs
Sar
Sounds wonderful! Glad Tara arrived safe and that you will get some time relaxing on the beach (as if you havent done enough of that already) - just slightly jealous of it all!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Bali - it is definitely one of the places I would love to go to in this world. Have fun - stay safe - and now I can actually say see you soon!
Miss you all.
Big hugs, Donna