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Thursday 21st May 2009, Nha Trang
We arrived in Nha Trang at about 6:15am and after being picked up and checked in we then had a few hours kip. After showering and putting on the bikins we headed to the beach which was about a 10 minute walk. We decided to get some food 1st having not eaten propably for about 24 hours. Pringles at 10pm last night don't count! With bellys then full we found some sun beds and spend the afternoon sunning ourselves with a few dips in the sea!!
All was good until the black clouds started looming!! They were coming from our left and the mountains we could see slowly disappeared. We waited until the last possible moment before we moved. To the point of the 1st rain drops and then we ran! Straight into the nearest bar. When it rains in Vietnam god do you know about it! We spend about an hour and a half waiting for it to stop or a least slow down. So consoled ourselves with a few beers. This was also our 1st time of feeling cold! It was nice-well I thought so anyway. Once it had stopped we headed back to the hotel and changed for dinner. We headed along the busy restaurant road and bumped into Nat and Keith. We had a drink with them and arranged dinner for tomorrow. We ate at the mexican restaurant which was very nice before having a drink in Crazy Kims. Crazy kim is a Vietnamese lady who escaped as a child during the war before settling as an adult in Canada. She came back in 1996 and disgusted with the child sex abuse happening here in Nha Trang by western tourists she decided to act. Its mostly street kids from poor backgrounds that are victims but the police do very little. So although she has come across lots of opposition she has set up a charity and spends alot of her time trying to stop the problem and get the police to act. She also has set up a school in the back of the bar for the kids. Her slogan is "HANDS OFF OUR CHILDREN!". Really interesting and a worthwhile charity. We hadn't realised that this was such a problem in Vietnam as its not as well publishsized.
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