Chan May, Vietnam

Thursday, February 11th

It was laundry day for us this morning – we are so happy to have some clean clothes. There are very limited washers and dryers so we picked a day when we thought most people would be off the ship. The cost to get laundry done on board by the cruise line is $2.25 for each tea shirt. You can imagine how costly it would be for a week’s worth of underwear and sox. I see people having it done and delivered to their room though. What we did today should get us home.

We docked at Chan May, Vietnam this morning. We went for a 20 minute shuttle ride to a nice hotel and just looked around and then came back. There were little booths set up at the dock so we did a little shopping there.

If you look at the photos Bill is sending you’ll see that some of the fishing boats are round - interesting.

It’s really hot here but the weather is supposed to be cooler in Hong Kong. I didn’t pack very well. I packed a few short sleeve shirts and one pair of shorts for Bill but everything else is for cooler weather.

I’m having fun shopping and talking to the Vietnamese people. They are very pushy but it’s understandable. This is a Communist country and they don’t have much money. Unfortunately, our bags were packed full when we left home. I’m trying to figure out what of Bill’s stuff I can leave on board when we depart but, unfortunately, the majority of the stuff is all mine.