Ugh- those drunken boys!!! I went home early – bout 11 ish last nite to pack and be all prepped for checking out so was in bed at a decent hour of just around 1am….also thinking ‘hmmm they wont stay out THAT late’…..4am I gets woken up at – HAYLEY RAGE!!! I was actually worried about them and was waking up every hour until they knocked the door down. Apparently on the way back to the guesthouse, they were accosted by millions of wee kiddies…..they swarmed Aaron and so Dave was taking pics of the whole fiasco – turns out the wee urchins were trying to pickpocket them!!! You can totally see it on the photo! Luckily, they didn’t get anything as their trusty shorts saved the day – they have very deep pockets, in case you’re interested!?
So I’m fairly knackered and waiting on them louts to get up and packed and outta here!! As we’ve got all day to hang around, we leave the bags at reception and have a mooch around the city of Saigon. Had fun trying to locate a frigging post office for my awesome postcards tho…….you think this being influenced by the French, people would know La Post as being post office – not so much!! Had a faff and eventually found it – it was this tiny wee place that had a whole line of phone booths in – random! But away they went – wonder how long they will take to get home!!
We kill a few hours and grab some lunch at Allez Boo – again, the waiters are giving aaron the eye and it pleases me to wind him up about it hahaha! Back to the guesthouse to read and surf the net until 6ish where we decided to flag a cab for the train station – you think with all our bags we would all think the same thing and go to the taxi rank where all the nice big taxis are queued up………nope…….Aaron goes to the first one directly in front of him which is a fecking knackered looking fiat cinquicento – basically its TINY!! WTF?!?!? We all cram in it and me n Dave are silently raging…..the seats move back and we realise the boot is OPEN! We manage to interupt the driver’s convo with Aaron to stop and sort this out! Raaaaaaaaaaaa – we get to the station and stock up on the essentials…….beer n crisps………and board the train – here goes nothing!!!! Hayley’s first experience of a sleeper train…….
Hmmmmm……ok…..so there’s basically 2 bunks and a big heavy ass metal door – the mattresses look like they’ve been dragged along the ground for a fair few times and are looking very tired!! You have to make the beds yourselves with the sheet and duvet they give you. Ok, not looking too bad now…..and helps me forget what the mattress really looks like! A local woman comes into the compartment as she must have the bed above me – however, she takes one look at us and is a tad freaked out. She walks off gabbling away to her hubby and 10mins later, this older local bloke comes in and smiles and then sits on the bed above me. Oh well, we have a roomie! We try to make conversation with him but he don’t speak a word of English, so hey ho! Lets play poker!!! Aaron teaches us well and I do not too badly!!
Unfortunately, I had to encounter a few trips to the squatty toilet – due to the cans of beer – which was a fun experience……NOT!!! Man alive, how is it hygenic?! I don’t get it and my aim is SHIT!!! Anyhoo, I later find out we have a western toilet on board – so all is well in the world again! Its 1ish and we decide to head for the land of nod…..earplugs and eye mask is a must.
So I’m fairly knackered and waiting on them louts to get up and packed and outta here!! As we’ve got all day to hang around, we leave the bags at reception and have a mooch around the city of Saigon. Had fun trying to locate a frigging post office for my awesome postcards tho…….you think this being influenced by the French, people would know La Post as being post office – not so much!! Had a faff and eventually found it – it was this tiny wee place that had a whole line of phone booths in – random! But away they went – wonder how long they will take to get home!!
We kill a few hours and grab some lunch at Allez Boo – again, the waiters are giving aaron the eye and it pleases me to wind him up about it hahaha! Back to the guesthouse to read and surf the net until 6ish where we decided to flag a cab for the train station – you think with all our bags we would all think the same thing and go to the taxi rank where all the nice big taxis are queued up………nope…….Aaron goes to the first one directly in front of him which is a fecking knackered looking fiat cinquicento – basically its TINY!! WTF?!?!? We all cram in it and me n Dave are silently raging…..the seats move back and we realise the boot is OPEN! We manage to interupt the driver’s convo with Aaron to stop and sort this out! Raaaaaaaaaaaa – we get to the station and stock up on the essentials…….beer n crisps………and board the train – here goes nothing!!!! Hayley’s first experience of a sleeper train…….
Hmmmmm……ok…..so there’s basically 2 bunks and a big heavy ass metal door – the mattresses look like they’ve been dragged along the ground for a fair few times and are looking very tired!! You have to make the beds yourselves with the sheet and duvet they give you. Ok, not looking too bad now…..and helps me forget what the mattress really looks like! A local woman comes into the compartment as she must have the bed above me – however, she takes one look at us and is a tad freaked out. She walks off gabbling away to her hubby and 10mins later, this older local bloke comes in and smiles and then sits on the bed above me. Oh well, we have a roomie! We try to make conversation with him but he don’t speak a word of English, so hey ho! Lets play poker!!! Aaron teaches us well and I do not too badly!!
Unfortunately, I had to encounter a few trips to the squatty toilet – due to the cans of beer – which was a fun experience……NOT!!! Man alive, how is it hygenic?! I don’t get it and my aim is SHIT!!! Anyhoo, I later find out we have a western toilet on board – so all is well in the world again! Its 1ish and we decide to head for the land of nod…..earplugs and eye mask is a must.
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