We arrived in our hotel not long before 7am and whilst Izzie ran herself a bath (after a few problems with the plug), I passed out on the bed. It wasn't long before we we suncreamed up and ready to hit the beach. It was nice early on, clean, cool water and a dry heat. We took turns to watch the stuff and to play in the sea, re-applying suncream after swimming naturlly. However, Izzie fella sleep to be woken by me asking if she wanted to go for lunch and Craig is just a typical British male. They were both lovely lobster shades.
During the lunch period, perhaps we shoudl have taken note that the beach became deserted, but we went for a stroll. We underestimated the strength of the sun because by the time we came back we were all feeling a little tender. The lack of humidity blurs my judgement now!! I was nowhere near as bad as it was mostly the backs of my legs and my bum. (pleasant when sitting down)
Craig joined in a game of football with some Vietnamese people. I couldn't tell whether he was red from overheating or from sunburn.
Izzie set her heart on hiring a jet-ski so I hopped on the back for 15 minutes before swapping with Craig. She is a maniac with an engine, went full throttle even when turning. The instructor came with us to show her how to use it and was holding on for dear life as we were thrown around squishing me in the middle every 20m or so. We tipped over 3 times. He was prepared to let Izzie and Craig go by themselves until she tipped over twice before getting anywhere beyond the line of people in the sea and he chased after them. They fell in a grand total of 6 times. I am telling her father never to let her behind the wheel of a car. I must admit that I enjoyed it though. After that we went back to our hotel for showers [cold naturally] and a liberal dose of aftersun.
We went out for dinner where we adopted some cats and played with them. They had huges eyes and even I thought they were cute.
We roamed a few shops and booked our sleeper bus with definite beds to Saigon before hitting the sack. A comfy bed was so very welcome but it's comfort was tarnished a little by sunburn!
Today we went on a boat tour. I borrowed Izzie's board shorts to protect my thighs form the sun. Some people that had been on the bus with us (thought with the luxury of a bed) were staying at the same hotel and had booked onto the same boat trip. =)
The presenter sort of person took a shine to Isobel and serenaded her and well, he was a little bit sleazy really.
We were sat next to a family with a toddler who naturally assumed we were there purely to entertain. He was our little friend. He was especially fond of the rubber ducks we had with us. I'm not sure that the other passengers were too keen on tthe squeaking noise.
At the first island we went snorkelling. This took a little bit of getting used to. I panicked a little at first as I wasn't used to the breathing thing. After a while the breathing wasn't a problem but my mask kept filling up with water which got in my eyes and meant that I couldn't breathe in once underwater or else I got a noseful of sea water. I did get to see some lovely fishies and coral reefs. I scraped my knee on a rock though and got stung by a jelly fish in the most conveniant place, being along my bikini line. We moved onto to a second island. We were given a lunch buffet which was very tasty and a bigger spread than we had anticipated. I enjoyed it. Following this, they brought on a band. The drumkit was old tubs but it was fun. They started asking where people were from and playing songs rom those countries getting people up to sing with them. Switzerland and Germany are the same place and The Beatles are american which is the same thing as English - according to the band at least. I told them I was Scottish which is half true. They took some time to think but later on sang Auld Lang Syne. Now who know sthe words to that?? I threw Izzie up and they surprised her by knowing the Fields of Athenrye (or however you spell it) it was quite entertaining to say the least. They then introduce the floating bar (free of course) so you had to jump into the sea, grab a rubber ring and float around trying not the spill the wine. It was good fun.
I could feel myself getting burnt despite the huge amounts of suncream I was applying.
We made a third stop at a beach where I tried to swim, stubbed my toe on a rock and gave up to lie in the shade. Back on the boat we were given a fruit platter, and there was a lot of fruit some of which I can't even identify. I have discovered a liking for a fruit that is hot pink on the outside and white and black on the inside. If anybody knows the identification of such a fruit, let me know!
Our last stop was at an aquarium but I opted out and sat in a cafe with an ice lolly.
It was a fun day but now I am almost as burnt as the other two. I came back for a cold shower slash bath concoction and a more than liberal dose of aftersun. It is my back that is painful now so I had to think carefully about which top I could wear without a bra.
We are going out for dinner and I am keeping the others waiting. Such a hypocrite!
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