#motorbikesandtomthegermanguy...

#abouttoday...

"Dennys and i hired a motorbike for the day. We explored the ancient ruins of My Son, rode from Da Nang to Hoi An- where the streets were covered in lanterns and I'd never seen so much bunting in my life [#buntingismyfavoritething]. There, i came across a little art gallery. I was immediately impacted; i loved the way Vietnamese artists interpreted their own landscape and i caught myself saying #mmmm under my breath, as if my heart was agreeing that what my eyes saw was good, indeed good.

We left for Marble Mountain- caves all through the inside, ways to climb up and in and around and over and i loved the view from every angle. Dennys didn't seem to be too impressed and i remember how she told me she had been planning this trip for over a year and paid four times the amount, that i did, to get here. She said she felt safer here than in her own country. There, she'd bought a car- it got stolen, she'd bought a motorbike- it got stolen. She'd bought a push-bike- stolen. i was now more thankful than ever for home. 

We decided we to return to Hoi An when the night arrived and the lanterns would be lit. After leaving the wondrous maze that is 'marble mountain', we meet a German guy named Tom, at the traffic lights, he was on a motorbike taxi and ended up getting off that and onto the back of our bike. The 3 of us had dinner together and about 45 mins in, we laughed as we realized that we still didn't know each others names. 

The restaurant was terrible, we complained the whole time but no one more than Tom, who insisted he called us 'Australia' and 'Chile' as he wasn't going to hang around long enough to remember our names...about 2 hrs later he apologizes and blamed his rudeness on his German heritage. The streets of Hoi An at night were enchanting; filled with colourful lanterns hanging, candles lit along the riverbank, music and cultural and we marveled at the architecture of the Japanese Covered Bridge. Every time we walked past a group of Germans Tom remarked on their lack of this or that [intelligence or fashion sense]
"you're frustrated at your own people aren't you?" i asked 
"yes, i am" he said
"and that's why you're here?"
"yes, it is" he laughed

Dennys and i are traveling the same way and planning on taking the 3 hr train ride to Hue tomorrow together. #namtownadventure