Well our last day has come and gone, we are back at home now contemplating the wonderful holiday we had in Vietnam. Since my last entry we have spend the time relaxing. We played tennis in the morning, around 0600hrs for 1/2 to 1 hour then a swim in what looked like our own pool followed by brekkie. As it is the off season and mid week we had the place basically to ourselves. Their was the same number of staff as if a crowd were in residence so most days we enjoyed the best of service. We gave the gym a shake but the room was very hot even with air con and fan on flat out. The equipment on offer very basic but still good to work lazy muscles.
On one of the days I jumped on the back of a Moto (scooter + driver ) and took of into Long Hai. I was looking for a bank or ATM plus wanted to go to the local market. At first I had been told the closest of either was 10 km away but as we zoomed along we came across a bank. It was open but not for business so I asked the manager to let my Moto know where to go. A little further down the road and an ATM. Drew some funds and off to the market. At this stage i was not taking pictures so sorry none to show. The market about 1 full block with veg,fruit and live animals around the back and side. The stall holders did not push their goods at you and some were even asleep. All manner of goods on offer with tailors sowing and other merchants deep in conversation. I was looking for Vietnamese coffee makers, a small individual coffee percolator for one cup of coffee. I was told to pay 6,000 to 10,000VAD but without bargaining paid 4,000VAD for them. We set off for home with our purchases.
Our last day saw us having brekkie early then a swim. A new French family had arrived and Pam engaged one of the family in conversation. She was 9 and of Vietnamese extraction living with her family in France. Very interesting. We then packed up and checked out. The resort had confused our check out date, they had us leaving on Friday. The resort had offered us 2 free massages and complementary laundry service but as this was our last day they did not charge us for 2 massages I had already enjoyed, very customer focused. Our driver was late arriving, 1 hour late. We became worried about meeting our plane but after a few SMS to our agent all turned out well. Mr Khahn collected us and made all speed to have us arrive a few minutes after the original planned time. It was interesting being in a hurry, dodging scooters, trucks and busses while trying to maintain a hurried pace. Most times we we where governed by speed limits of 40, 60 or 80 but Mr Khahn managed to negotiate a little more even with the traffic congestion. I was very glad he was driving and not me!
Our flight to Singapore was on Jetstar Asia so when into Singapore we had to go through customs, immigration, collect our bags and come back into the air port through security to check in for our Qantas flight home. As time was tight we had little time to relax in the lounge before our flight was called. This could be a trap for unsuspecting travellers like us who do not allow time for these formalities. Still home now and after reviewing our trip photo’s I will make a final post to this blog with our closing impressions.
Till then Chow.
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