Change of Plans!

So last we wrote we were in the lovely town of Hoi An getting beautiful hand tailored silk clothing made, checking out the local beach, tasting the Hoi An specialties, and stuffing our bags full of souvenirs- yes there is at least one for each of you!! ;) As we left Hoi An, we were psyched for more beach time at the beach capital of Nha Trang- but first we must endure another sleeper bus! After the bus from Hanoi to Hue, we were prepared for anything and everything, and now we are true vets! Well, we made it to Nha Trang in one piece, but it welcomed us with an all out monsoon- and this is supposed to be the dry season??! Seeing that the weather was staying to put on a good show for the next few days, and there's not much else to do in Nha Trang except beach and snorkel, we paid for half a day in a hotel to clean up, and continued second night in a row on the sleeper bus- this time straight to Saigon. If we haven't earned our backpacker crud by now, well than screw it! We arrived in Saigon at 6:30am but the rain followed us here :( Despite this, we headed over to Ben Thanh market where eight years ago, I befriended two cyclo drivers, Hoang and Quang. Well, eight years later, going down the same street they used to park, I found them! So excited I ran up to them and re-introduced myself. AFter we got talking, they remembered me and we had a fantastic reunion.

Sooo, brace yourself for our change of plans. We are ahead of schedule and storms are rolling in all throughout the region making the sightseeing we were going to do by this time and were hoping to do further south not so exciting any more...We've had an incredible adventure nearly three weeks in Vietnam, but now we're jumping ship and headed to Thailand! Hey, what's a good backpacking adventure if you can't be spontaneous! :) We booked a cheapie flight to Phuket for tomorrow night and coming back to Saigon on the 28th. So Thailand here we come! Thomas will get his Muay Thai fix, and we will both get some good relaxation in the sun (crossing fingers) to finish off the trip...

Ronit & Thomas