We didn't see much of our "resort" when we arrived last night. Instead we went straight to bed. This morning it turned out that we were sharing a nice common area and a garden with 5 other rooms - and a lot of friendly people who'd been on the island for some days. During breakfast it became clear that they had plans for the day - kayaking somewhere North on the island on a quiet river.
So we all left - some on scooters, we in a taxi with a German couple or rather - we tried to get a taxi to take us to "kayak" but none of the taxi drivers knew anything about kayak or even the koncept of "kayak" So we drove off with the taxi driver who seemed most convincing and after some time he actually found the right place and the rest of the group.
And so we spent the better part of the day going up and later down the quiet river getting a lot of fresh air and sunshine and having plenty of time to share travel experiences with the other guys. We came back to the kayak place and they served some good lunch for us and before we knew it one of the guys suggested that we could take his scooter and drive up the road to have a short visit at the bee farm. So we did that.
It was a really nice place with a working bee garden and a very enthusiastic bee keeper who told us all the details about bee keeping. And in English that was easy to understand. We had to go back to the others with their scooter so we left halfway through his show but it was nice to see that there is a place where they care about bees and where they can get the important messages about the importance of bees to a broader audience.
We all left - some of us to go back to our "resort", others for a drink on the beach at sunset. In the evening we all met up and headed to a local place - "Winstons" for some serious good burgers, beers and milk shakes. Nice with a group meal and a lot of nice people to hang out with. Vietnam is great so far.
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| Morning in the garden |
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| Trying to explain "Kayaking" to a local taxi driver |
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| On the river |
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| Bee farm visit |
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| The bee keeper explaining how things work |
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| Sunset on Long Beach |
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| Burgers at Winston |
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