Spring Rolls

Big ones, little ones, wee thin ones, crispy ones, triangular ones and that is even before you get a filling in them. You can even have them crispy deep fried or in the uncooked pancake option. My favourite were in a lattice crispy fried very light pancake and filled with prawns and beansprouts and vegetables. To complete the delicacy using your chop sticks you had to delicately catch - or stab if your name is murray - your spring roll and dip in in some delicious fish chilli sauce - yum yum.

We even went on a cookery course and made some ourselves at the start of our trip. We also managed to create an array of shapes and sizes, including the holy, crumbly number to which patches were added (Keith's).

Shona
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Tennis

At the hotel we got tennis lessons with the professional patrick leroux. Our first lesson it was the whole family and it was so good we decided to book again the next day. But the next day there was very heavy rain so it was cancelled. So the next day we had our next lesson and the kids had one hour and the adults another. It was really good fun and I definitely improved.

Erica
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Last Day

Somehow it is our last day already. Where did the time go?

The blogging has decreased proportionately with the increase in available time at leisure! As I type this the sun is out and the beach scene simply stunning. The thatched umbrellas in the 50 metres or so between our backdoor and the waters edge cast long shadows just beyond the recliners. There is a gentle background noise of waves breaking on the shore.

I will need a police escort to make sure I leave and get on to a plane!

Keith
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Vinpearl

Vinpearl is an island in Vietnam which is a theme park and water park. To get there you take the cable car which is really freaky. because it is really high and i am scared of heights. The roller coaster there was really fast, scary and fun. Although because it had been in the sun all the time the seats were boiling! On the merry go round i was on a dragon because i am born in the year of the dragon. Murray was on a really really cute panda! In the water park there was a lazy river and part of it was a tunnel that was pitch black and really fun! Some of the slides you went down on your tummy, some on mats and some in the rubber rings. I really enjoyed going down them on the rubber rings. Altogether it was a really fun day.

Erica
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Murray's Bit Part 2

My favourite bits were: Banana boating but closely followed by tennis with our french coach Patrick Leroux whom I think is a great coach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have al$o made a crab-trap, I am hoping to Catch-some-crabs (Will I)?

Murray
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Murray's bit

In Viet nam we have done LOADS of fun things, here is a list of some activities we have done Swimming,Shopping,Sleeping,
Eating,Cooking,Tunnelling,
Snorkelling,Banana boating,
and watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!!!!!My
Favourite was

[TO BE CONTINUED IF WE CATCH HIM AGAIN]

Murray
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Hoi An

"You have to go to Hoi An - fabulous shopping" I was told. Off my list straight away then. Shona had different ideas and the next thing is we are in Hoi An for three nights.

Famous for tailors who will either russle you up a first class suit in two days or swindle you, for silk and for shoe making, we did not want a suit, shoe or silk. Or so I thought. Apparently that feeling of my life not being absolutely complete was to do with absence of silk. Who would have thought it? But when Shona says we need silk, it takes a braver man than me to argue.

And so it was also with the vendors in the street market as Shona's no nonsense "its x dong or nothing" approach left a series of shopkeepers looking glum whether or not they had made a sale.

Another thing I did not appreciate was how much I needed new polo shirts. Again Shona was on hand to open my eyes and to haggle a good price.

The kids tried their hand at bargaining too - Murray, very serious "yes, I will accept that price" and Erica secured a great handmade bag for under a dollar. Everyone was smiling.

As one of the silk negotiations was under way I took a photograph of the silks hanging on the wall and showed it to one of the shop girls who was sitting outside. She said to take her picture. She was very pretty. I agreed and then showed her the result. I said if you give me your email I can send you the picture. She burst out laughing and then told her shop keeper friends who all fell about in hysterics. Eventually one pointed up at the shop' postal address and said "here is email address". I got it. Too poor to have computer or email. We slackened off the bargaining a bit after that.

We now have a small happy budha statue, a bead bracelet, silk scarves and table runner, numerous polo shirts, some bowls and spoons and a Manchester United top. Thank heavens we were not there longer.

Keith "call me the wallet"

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