This morning we started out with a fishing trip where we got to try our hand at net casting. I did pathetically, but I’ve never been much of a fisherman anyway. We also took a ride through a jungle of fronds in what can only be described as a half-a-coconut-boat. I did much better at operating this. By the end, I was able to do it like the guides, although I wasn’t as fast and my arm got very sore. After this, we took a tour of a farming village.
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| Net fishing with the locals. |
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| For even more excitement, here is the video. |
Sarah and I got dropped off in town where we picked up our tailor made clothing, and bought a bunch more. I did pretty good with bargaining until the last impulse purchase, where I was taken pretty bad because of an error in my conversion. Oh, well; you win some, you lose some.
That evening, we went to a Christmas Eve Gala at the hotel, where Sarah wore her new dress and I wore my new slacks. The music was a bit loud inside, and it was hot, so Sarah and I went outside and danced. We even got a group of people who gathered to watch us and take our picture. There were some pretty good dancing troupes and a magician from Vietnam’s Got Talent that was fun to watch. Now we just need to await the arrival of Santa.
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| Traditional Vietnamese dance. |
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| I caught the second part of the dance on video. The first 30 seconds are the best, though. |
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