On Sunday we took a “day off” and went to the beach! We took a boat--a hydrofoil—to get there and it was about an hour and a half ride. I was expecting something flat and with no roof for some reason, but it was arranged kind of like an airplane, with assigned seats and everything. We got to the province where the beach was; we stopped for a short break before hiking up this hugeeeeeee hill to see a Jesus statue. I actually wasn't very impressed with the statue up close, but the view from the top was AMAZING. The hike was full of benches donated by different states, so it was great to find ones from Philadelphia, New Jersey, & other places I have friends from.
After that we went to a lunch that had really good seafood, and then to the beach. The actual beach wasn't too impressive, and lot dirtier than I expected. The water was greenish and murky, and we kept finding random things like plastic bags floating in it. Nonetheless it was really fun, and after laying out for a while we had a pretty exciting game of catch in the water which was fun and refreshing.
I was surprised to see that even at the beach the Vietnamese stayed in long sleeves, and paid more for chairs that were under tents and blocked for the sun. But when they were in the water they suits that were very cute, but quite conservative compared to what I’m used to seeing.
On the way back, our hydrofoil got a bamboo root stuck in the engine. We were going upstream so it was already a longer trip, and then we had to stop so they could dive and get it out, so the ride seemed to take forever.
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