Charissa at the tailors (loving the new dress), Hanoi
Women at the river selling boat trips, Hanoi
Inside the citadel, Hue
Charissa and Paula on the river boat, Hue
Charissa and I inside the citadel, HueSo here we are coming in to the last week in Vietnam and sad to say so. We have had a great time here and are going to miss it dearly.
Our stay in Ho ain was great, although we did end up laying ourselves out for a day as a result of our previous nights activities;-P. We just laid low for the most part, taking in the architecture of the old city and looking at all the amazing clothes on display in the local tailors shops.
After much debating and some minor research in to tailor shops, we decide to get some clothes made. Charissa and I went on a mission around town taking photos of clothes we liked with the telephoto; it was a fun game of stealthily taking photos with out being noticed by the shop owners. We took in our photos to our shop of choice, negotiated some prices and chose our fabric. We were measured and told to return at 7:30pm that night.
To our amazement the bulk of the clothes had been completed with in the three hours we had been gone. Charissa's dresses were the only things that need some tweaking. We left the shop only to have to return the next morning. We dragged ourselves back twice that next morning, after our adventurous night, for re fitting. All in all we were very pleased with the quality on the dresses, suit and jackets that we got.
To our disappointment we found ourselves on the same roach bus, that we had traveled to Ho Ain on, traveling to Hue. We arrived in Hue around noon and shortly there after found a place, this time the lonely planet was spot on. We settled in and set off to explore the town. Our night consisted of finding the post office to send our clothes, feeding ourselves at an overly expensive street vendors. some beers and pool till later on in the evening.
The following day we took it easy in the morning, grabbing some delicious grub at a vegetarian place that simulated meat in all its dishes ( surprisingly very good). On our way back to the guest house we ran into Steve and Paula ( the older Aussie couple that we have continued to meet along the way up the coast). Charissa and I spent the rest of the day with them, grabbing food and going on a river boat cruise ( so much fun). We split from them for awhile and met up for dinner later.
Today we packed up, went for breakfast and then set off to see the citadel ( the Ngyuen palace and grounds). Now we wait for our sleeper bus to Ha Noi (hopefully no roaches this time), we had to go with the bus as it was way to expensive for us to fly.
Once in Ha Noi we will set out to Hoa Long Bay for a few days, most likely re connecting with Steve and Paula before we all depart from Vietnam.
Hope you are all doing well, we would love to hear from you guys as it has been awhile. Take care all of you.
All our love
Kieran and Charissa
P.S. We will post some photos when we find a computer that will work for us.
P.P.S Still waiting on some photos of the baby Amanda!!!!!!
Our stay in Ho ain was great, although we did end up laying ourselves out for a day as a result of our previous nights activities;-P. We just laid low for the most part, taking in the architecture of the old city and looking at all the amazing clothes on display in the local tailors shops.
After much debating and some minor research in to tailor shops, we decide to get some clothes made. Charissa and I went on a mission around town taking photos of clothes we liked with the telephoto; it was a fun game of stealthily taking photos with out being noticed by the shop owners. We took in our photos to our shop of choice, negotiated some prices and chose our fabric. We were measured and told to return at 7:30pm that night.
To our amazement the bulk of the clothes had been completed with in the three hours we had been gone. Charissa's dresses were the only things that need some tweaking. We left the shop only to have to return the next morning. We dragged ourselves back twice that next morning, after our adventurous night, for re fitting. All in all we were very pleased with the quality on the dresses, suit and jackets that we got.
To our disappointment we found ourselves on the same roach bus, that we had traveled to Ho Ain on, traveling to Hue. We arrived in Hue around noon and shortly there after found a place, this time the lonely planet was spot on. We settled in and set off to explore the town. Our night consisted of finding the post office to send our clothes, feeding ourselves at an overly expensive street vendors. some beers and pool till later on in the evening.
The following day we took it easy in the morning, grabbing some delicious grub at a vegetarian place that simulated meat in all its dishes ( surprisingly very good). On our way back to the guest house we ran into Steve and Paula ( the older Aussie couple that we have continued to meet along the way up the coast). Charissa and I spent the rest of the day with them, grabbing food and going on a river boat cruise ( so much fun). We split from them for awhile and met up for dinner later.
Today we packed up, went for breakfast and then set off to see the citadel ( the Ngyuen palace and grounds). Now we wait for our sleeper bus to Ha Noi (hopefully no roaches this time), we had to go with the bus as it was way to expensive for us to fly.
Once in Ha Noi we will set out to Hoa Long Bay for a few days, most likely re connecting with Steve and Paula before we all depart from Vietnam.
Hope you are all doing well, we would love to hear from you guys as it has been awhile. Take care all of you.
All our love
Kieran and Charissa
P.S. We will post some photos when we find a computer that will work for us.
P.P.S Still waiting on some photos of the baby Amanda!!!!!!
Wow, sounds like you have had a new wardrobe commissioned! I'll bet you have had some gorgeous clothes made and hopefully for little financial outlay. Hard to believe that you guys have already run out of visa time in Vietnam. How the time flies. Sounds like you have been having a wonderful time. That's neat that you have made a connection with the Aussies. Bridey and I often ran into people over and over again when travelling. Adds to the experience as it is fun to share your travel adventure. Hope the balance of your time in Ha Noi goes well. We will look forward to the new set of pics. I did send an email yesterday so check your in box.
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Dudes, are you supporting sweat shop labour [raised eyebrow]??? The dress is super cute, I swear I went to school with the shop keeper girl :) And really Charissa, stealing people's children and trying to cross the boader with them is considered rude... Haha. Alas the trip looks delightful, which is fantastic. My only solace is that soon enough you will have to go back to work like the rest of us worker ants :) Ohh and on a parting note, Dad's truck is no longer (in one piece that is), but that is a whole other story, one I'm sure Mom has emailed you. And Manders turns the big three-oh tomorrow (sucker, glad it ain't me). LOVE.
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