After a long and delightful night of sleep, we got up today and headed downstairs to wait for the bus to take us to our boat tour. We did the old Vietnamese hurry up and wait, and then hit the dock for the boat tour. It was a whole lot of fun. We went to one beach for swimming and snorkeling, and like many other water activities, I didn’t do too well. But, the little bit of coral I was able to see w
as quite spectacular. We also visited two other beaches, which both had entry fees, so the three of us, and some others, decided to just chill on the upper deck and enjoy some Tiger beer. Following lunch, was the “floating bar” portion of the tour, which was a blast. Our very personable tour guide settled onto a large inner tube with a crate of red wine and pineapple slices, and poured it quite liberally into our cups. We all had to manage to float on the inner tube and not spill our wine. All I can say is that life is pretty good when this is the largest of your worries! The aforementioned tour guide was quite a riot. His English was good and he made plenty of fairly good jokes as we w
ent along the tour. I don’t know if he gets tired of doing the same thing every day, but he had a great attitude, which made the tour really fun. Most of the people on the tour were pretty friendly and I met some pretty affable Australians, a funny French guy, and chatted a bit with a middle aged Chinese guy traveling on his own. The Australians were by far the majority on the boat, as Christmas, New Year’s, and summer break all coincide there for the main vacation season. We also met two American girls who were also teaching English in China. All in all, the boat tour was beautiful, very fun, and well worth the time and cost.
as quite spectacular. We also visited two other beaches, which both had entry fees, so the three of us, and some others, decided to just chill on the upper deck and enjoy some Tiger beer. Following lunch, was the “floating bar” portion of the tour, which was a blast. Our very personable tour guide settled onto a large inner tube with a crate of red wine and pineapple slices, and poured it quite liberally into our cups. We all had to manage to float on the inner tube and not spill our wine. All I can say is that life is pretty good when this is the largest of your worries! The aforementioned tour guide was quite a riot. His English was good and he made plenty of fairly good jokes as we w
ent along the tour. I don’t know if he gets tired of doing the same thing every day, but he had a great attitude, which made the tour really fun. Most of the people on the tour were pretty friendly and I met some pretty affable Australians, a funny French guy, and chatted a bit with a middle aged Chinese guy traveling on his own. The Australians were by far the majority on the boat, as Christmas, New Year’s, and summer break all coincide there for the main vacation season. We also met two American girls who were also teaching English in China. All in all, the boat tour was beautiful, very fun, and well worth the time and cost.
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