It's a bit more rural than I'm used to, however, so I'll be sure to bring my bug spray! I hear they have great snorkeling and sailboarding, so I'll have to try that.
Anyway, for dinner I had fried crab and shrimp with an asiany linguine-type pasta? It was really, really good! We ate at the Night Market, just outside Ben Thanh Market, which is crazy cheap. Err.. Reasonable. It was funny, though, cause the market is basically just a bunch of outdoor restaurants set up next to each other along the side of a wide street, and as any white person walks by a certain designated employee from each restaurant will bombard him or her with their menu, claiming that its sooooo much better than their neighbors'. (Although all the menus look identical...) Next time, we decided we'll have two restaurant solicitors rock, paper, scissors it out.
However, they're not as bad as the people selling counterfeit books, gum, shirts, etc. on the street. Last night when we were having dinner, we had someone come INTO the restaurant with a huge stack (at least 4 feet tall) of Vietnamese travel books, stand at the end of our table, and basically beg us to buy a book... on THREE separate occasions!! At least at home it's only a phone call...
Anyway, I have my sixth teaching practice tomorrow bright and early at 6:45am, so I'd better get some sleep. I'll fill you in on Mui Ne as soon as I return!
good luck with your teaching . . . be safe this weekend!
ReplyDeletePS look for the letter I sent you in 5-7 days from Friday (US time). . . I have a tracking number too.
Love,
MOM
Wait a minute... these pics look like they're from a tahiti postcard... pls take some pics of yourself - just to prove you're there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link on the snake wine... all I can say is I'm glad you didn't buy any Snake Bile Wine... yeesh... keep up the good work.. and here's hoping the standing oh's continue... just make sure you don't get pickpocketed in the middle of it... later
p.s. I heard you got your cc ripped off... if you haven't already it's not a bad idea to call the three credit bureaus - Experian, Equifax and TransUnion and put a "fraud alert" on your file... just in case ID theives get ahold of your cc. later, Uncle Steve
Glad things are going good Max! When is you next teaching experience? How is your flat where you are living? All the best, Uncle John
ReplyDeleteYou know, Steve, you make a good point (with the current photos - or lack there of). Last week when Max and I spoke via Skype we were unable to make a video connection and I wasn't able to see him. Now I'm thinking that maybe he is really somewhere else . . . like Syracuse?
ReplyDeleteDear Max,
ReplyDeleteI know I said that I replaced Uncle Bob in my will with you in my last post to your blog. I hope you don't say anything about this to your Uncle Bob. (He scares me sometimes)
I love Johnny . . . he's like a piece of bread . . . Oh, and thank you for wishing me a happy 100th Birthday! Please don't give me a party, or acknowlege my DOB in any way or I'll cut you out of my will.
Stay away from those tomatoes . . .
Mom Mom
Max,
ReplyDeleteCouple of weekends past I spent a very relaxing shopping visit with the "O.B.A." (see if she can figure that out....was lots of fun....Archie bunker after his sex change.....I think she set a record by insulting someone in the first few minutes I was with her. Anyway now that I'm out of the will ...and ur in...I guess I'll have to kiss up to you now!!!!...oh yea...stay away from the raw vegetables too...same program but different deadly parasite....Later