After peddaling my **** off to the beach (hot, sunny, bike seat too low, no gears)and passing the beach club several times, I finally found it. Parked my bike, sat on my lounge chair, walked to the water and.... it smells fishy. Really fishy. And is murky brown. And no one is swimming. And its a little windy so not as hot anymore. So I take a few photos and go back to my lounge. Immediately bothered by lady selling trinkets. Buy something to make her go away. She doesn't. I finally hold up my book in fornt of my face while she continues to place items for sale in rows on my leg. 10 minutes later, I have to head back to the hotel. Not a great relaxing excursion, but I did get some exercise.
This afternoon we took a cyclo ride around the neighborhood streets and canals. Its sort of like little islands everwhere connected by bridges and walkways. Really fun and interesting. Passed some shrimp farms. Stopped at a little old lady's house to see how they live there. She chews the beetle nut, which makes their teeth red. It gives them a little high. Not sure what kind of high as I was afraid to try to chew it. In addition to her red teeth from the beetlenut, the older Vietnamese dye their teeth black, yes black, for beauty. Its horrifying. Hope you can see it in my picture.
After the cyclo ride, we took a river boat cruise. It was like a little fishisng boat with eyes and the waterway was sort of like the Cape Fear River. People were fishing with nets and little wooden boats. Really neat. Then he dropped us off in the middle of town while the sun set. We had dinner at some hip fusion restaurant and then wandered around town shopping, but buying nothing. Lilly bought one of those coconuts they drill the center out of and stick a straw in. Its huge and green. This one was not sweet and tasted terrible.
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