Beach Life !!

Another bus journey, but as this country is so amazing I almost look forward to them. This journey went without too much aggravation from Brian !! the usual changing of seats , oh yes and as he grabbed his bag off me , my itouch swung like a yo yo as I was still hanging onto the earphones and thwacked the poor guy in the bunk below me square on the napper !!!! ouch ..  Oh yes and  I managed somehow !! to puncture a can of coke which very slowly over 4 hours dripped dripped like Vietnamese coke torture onto the girl in front of the guy who was now nicely concussed ..... doh !!!
The journeys here are so breath taking, rocky outcrops, water buffaloes in water ( no surprises there ) kids waving, sand dunes, stunning bays, mountain ranges, paddy fields,  this really is one amazing country.

We rolled in Nha Trang the Vietnamese Costa Del Sol and very nice it is to .. Palm fringed promenades, clear turquoise sea, islands as a vista, fine sandy beaches.. we had had bad reports, so were not sure what to expect, and we were very pleasantly surprised... After lazing away on the beach, swimming in the sea and pool, it was time for some excitement.. so I booked us onto a diving/snorkelling trip.
We climbed aboard our vessel and chugged out past floating fishing villages , which keep fish netted in the water.. it must be big bucks or dong ! as they all have a ferocious dog guarding them that goes bananas when you get close.... some Germans on the trip said they had been out in a kayak and had paddled up to them and the dog jumped in the water and swam after them !!! maybe he was trying to escape from his own Alcatraz !!

 Arrived at a lovely island and dove in.. the visibility was amazing 27 m the coral was beautiful, layer after layer , fairly bleached but still alive, load of tropically colourful fish.... it wasn't until 30 mins later I realised I had lost Brian..... I searched the sea floor first ( always the pessimist !!) then all around, getting anxious ( wasn't sure if our policy covered snorkelling trips ) I finned my way back to the boat which had moored up out at sea !!  Oh and a wonderful sight greeted me cos their was my messiah , hands on hips, in his underpants standing on the back of the boat, looking very pleased with himself...until I slowly removed my snorkel and shouted from the depths of the sea " your pants are on inside out " !!!!!!!