More mopeds and Indian.....

Woke up early yet again but didn't need to as today we have no plans except to catch a bus to Hanoi at 5.30pm. So we packed our bags and went downstairs for some breaky. We checked out, paid our bill and hired a moped to go for a bit of a look around and check out the beach to kill some time. We headed out to have a look at a Pagoda about 10 kms out one side of town. It was very old and set up high overlooking the river which was really nice. Then following our hotel ladies directions we headed out the other side of town in search of the beach.....just follow this road and head straight out for about 12, 13, 14 or 15 kms she said....really easy she said......no worries she said.....pffftttt......as we have learned nothing is real easy here and she failed to tell us there was a turn off (with no sign) so after about 20 minutes of riding and even asking directions we realised we were nowhere near a bloody beach. So back we go and head back the same way and even manage to get a few people to understand us when we were asking where the beach was. Had to put another dollars worth of fuel in now to cover our getting lost.....lol. So by the time we get to the beach we were so bloody hot and I was sunburnt (& yes I had sunscreen on) & the moped was soooooo uncomfortable our arses were killing us, we looked at the water, said "yep, it's a beach....lets go".....so off we went back to town. We took the moped back and decided that it was not the best 3 hours we had spent so far. So with 5 hours still to kill we decided to go back to the great little Indian restaurant from last night and hang out there. We stayed there till 5pm and ate and drank steadily and paid the huge price of $25.....we were pretty happy with that. Back to the hotel to wait for the bus which was an hour late and then an hour driving round picking people up. We are on the bottom row this time and the guy behind us has really smelly feet. Good lord we have to put up with the smell for 13 hours....eeewwwww. There are certainly some downsides to budget traveling. So at 8.30pm we stop for a break and this is where the OMG moment comes in. At a pretty ordinary roadside stop where the toilets are still in last century and are a hole in the ground and are really dirty and stinky.....BUT they have WiFi......gotta love their priorities......lol. So now we are traveling along in the dark, there is a guy sleeping on the floor in the aisle right next to me as I am assuming they double booked a seat, a Vietnamese guy is talking loudly on his phone and I am smelling stinky feet...aahhhhhhhh....I know you all wish you were here....LOL. Alvo xoxo