There more disapointments on this trip than i'd like to mention but we did manage to do a couple really cool things on the first day. At one time we got dropped off on this island and the rowed us to our destination on these really diny vietnamese rowing boats through narrow canals. We learnt how to make their local type of pancakes (Gordon Ramsay watch out - i was amazing), pop rice (like popcorn) and other local confectionery.
At one point we took these bikes to cycle round the island and one of the guides, mesmerised by my size jumped on a bike with us and kept saying "who win, who win". I finally gathered that he wanted to race so the two of us were going hell for leather on these really old Vietnamese bikes where i felt something could break off at any time, but I'm glad to say that "I win, I win". These Asians are not built for cycling, i could have told him that and saved him the calories.
When we eventually got onto our overnight boat, after another bulls@#t story about it breaking down so we had to jump in another bus for an hour to get to it, it was working fine. Unbelievable.
I managed to meet a great bunch of guys over some beers after dinner and we got chatting as usual about our forthcoming travel plans. There happened to be some Germans and some Dutch which was the standard mix in Asia, little did i know that we would spend many more days with this lot which made our evenings loads of fun.
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