Showing posts with label Mui Ne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mui Ne. Show all posts

Monday, December 13, 2010

Birthday Cake


Kiwi's favourite treat..cake! haha.
Last night we went out for Kiwi's birthday and we enjoyed a fantastic meal, perfect gin & tonics, and to die for cappuccinos at Sankara in Mui Ne. Whoever is managing this bar/restaurant has it totally dialed. Atmosphere double check, music selection check, sound quality check, food check, drinks check, staff check. It was a lovely birthday evening out.
When we returned from dinner the staff at our hotel had prepared a surprise for Kiwi. An entire birthday cake complete with his name, chocolate wafers, and whipped cream bears! The same tacky as hell white cake you can buy from the grocery stores in Canada, cracked us up. The 2 kiddos in the photo followed the cake up to our room and helped Kiwi blow out the candle, then the little girl shook his hand and wished him a happy birthday. Adorable!
As most of you know Kiwi doesn't eat cake so we had to find a way to get rid of this cake without offending the staff. We set off around the resort handing out slices of cake to anyone and everyone and in the end we only had 2 tiny slices left which we flushed down the loo to hide the evidence. It's the thought that counts.

What a sweet gesture. It was the icing on the cake so to speak.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

near Mui Ne



This is the fishing village of Mui Ne, a few hundred kms north east of Saigon. We arrived at our beach resort in Mui Ne after yet another 5ish hour bus ride. If I never see a bus again that will be too soon! I took these picture from the window of a bus...
We've been here on the beach for a few days and Kiwi was able to get out surfing so he's happy. Tomorrow we're shoving off to Nha Trang (by bus) which is a little further up the coast. Just a quick overnight in Nha Trang before we hop on a 5:30 am train bound for Danang. 1st class tickets were sold out so we're going 2nd class. Lesson learned there, we need to book our tickets in advance.
At the moment we're not sure where we'll spend Christmas but we are all booked for New Years in Thailand. We'll be on Lanta and Phuket for the last 2 weeks of our trip. We considered spending Christmas in Hanoi, a big city style Christmas but we're now leaning to having Christmas in Sapa where it's mountainous, lush and cool. It's north west of Hanoi and there are a few eco-lodges and nicer hotels there that might be a nice setting for Christmas.
Off to have a birthday gin & tonic and dinner!
KF