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Oichoiioooiiiii!
It has been a great trip so far! Our group consists of 15 persons from Australia, Ireland, England, Canada, Norway and Finland. The first night we met up with the group and went through the whole trip itinerary. It was a bit embarrassing because we arrived very late, because I had set the time totally wrong in my phone... so we made a nice first impression, hehe! After that we went out for dinner with the whole group and somehow we ended up drinking a lot of cocktails, dancing on the tables and partying late into the night... The next morning some of us had decided to go for a tour of the Cu Chi tunnels that started 7:30! You can imagine how nice it was to crawl around in narrow dark tunnels + the heat factor the following day?!
We caught the night train from Saigon to Nha Thrang for some sun and beach time. Nha Trang was not really my cup of tea, felt like it was built up just for tourists, crowdy beaches, very hectic with loud music and lots of blinking lights. Went on a snorkelling trip the second day - nice corals and lots of small colorful fish. It was fun to snorkel around all day... some in our group went diving as well... Did not find that the snorkelling spots were anything special though, just nice...
This morning we came from Nha Trang to Danang with train and then by bus to Hoi An. This is by far the best place I´ve been in so far in Vietnam - love it here! Its a really laid back and calm athmosphere here, old culture, great food and the sun is shining. Actually we´ve had sunny and warm weather every day on the trip, even though we were warned that this might not be the best time wheatherwise to travel..
We took a cooking class today and cooked these amazing and delicious vietnamese dishes. Before this trip this was already a must-do on my list of things I want to experience in Vietnam and I´m so glad I got to do it! First we went to the market to get to know the products that we were going to use, then we went to a restaurant and cooked there for acouple of hours and then had a fantastic dinner with all the goodies that we had cooked - everyone should try it if they travel through here!
Tomorrow we have a free day of hanging around in the city... Good to have a day where you are not moving anywhere and just kick back and relax for the whole day.
Our next stop will be Hue the day after tomorrow...
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