Today is my birthday! Whilst Lee got a shower i opened my cards, did a bit of crying then embraced the bathroom for a shower. There was a whole in the bathroom wall (I think where a vent should be) the shower curtain was starting to walk off with mold and even though we were privileged with a (manky, rotten, dirty coloured) bath it meant to use the shower you had to squat/ kneel in the bath. I showered then went down to reception to ask to move. The girl on on reception was lovely she told us she had rooms spare. She came with us to find out why we wanted to move..... So I ever so politely frog marched the woman to the bathroom and just pointed... This didnt seem enough so i said 'it's gross'. Luckily she didn't understand 'the curtain is being carried away with the mold' but I think she got the gist because she said hmm the curtain look very dirty. I told her to burn it... She just laughed?! Our new room was better and so my birthday began!
We booked a mud bath spa day. Whilst waiting for the bus we nipped across the road to the beach and found a bar/ restaurant. It was cool! It was the best breakfast ive ever had (sorry mum your porridge is defo 2nd) this was scrambled egg on a wrap with sweet chilli sauce. Who would have thought?! As i finished with a positively delightful cafe latte a lady came out with a birthday cake (yeah i was a little stuffed but how can u resist chocolate cake) the lady was singing and everything 'happhy birfdhay too yhou' ha funny!
Right the bus came and in just a short drive away we were lying in mud. There was a lad from Australia, Tom, who was on our bus so he ended up bathing with us.... Not awkward at all being the only girl in the bathing area. When I stood up my bikini knickers had filled with the mud... Cringe! I sat back in as soon I realized what it looked like! We moved on to the mineral shower then a spa bath then a waterfall and finally pools of hot and cold water. The lad was telling us about a girl he'd met in Vietnam in a bar. She had asked him to stay at hers but when he'd got back she'd meant on the floor next to her, her 13 year old sister, her older sister, her sisters husband and their child.. The next day she asked him if he wanted to come visit her friend in a village. After a lengthy scooter journey he said he arrived at a farm and stood like a lemon for a good few hours whilst they talked in Vietnemese to each other. When he asked to go home she told him it was too dark and dangerous so they'd have to stay.... Next min he was at a wedding on a field needing a wee. He found a tree and decided to piddle there.... One leg sunk to his knee as he stepped around the tree. Next minute his other leg sank. He was in a cow pat or some may say just a ditch of poo that had now gone to his waist. He was fumin! Not only did he not want to be there but he was now tired and covered in poo. When he went back to the house he found their bathroom was a trough in the back yard.... The next day he got back and moved to a different town! Before he'd left he'd asked the girl if she'd ever been paid for sex he said her reply was so matter of fact 'I only ever get paid to have sex' he said he'd told her he only gets sex for free..... He didn't pay.
When we got back from the mud bath we found a spa and I got a manicure and pedicure whilst Lee got a foot (more so toe) scraping! we went for a lovely tea in Lanterns then made our way around the back packers bars. Crazy dancing was going down! Nha Trang is like our Spain to the Russians so when a 'tune' came on the Russian ladies went for it! Loved it when a rap song came on.... They clearly watch MTV. Rigid or as our Cheryl would say frigid Russian girls gangster style dancing!....
We finished with a cocktail in the sailing club then went back to the room to Skype the fambo! I got to Speak to my Maggie Moo (who helped me blow out the candle then ate my birthday cake for me), nanna Peg (live you and miss my Wednesday hug), aunty Elaine Ruane (who is probably twitching with the amount of spelling and grammatical errors I make on my blog), Declan (my Facebook contact), Harrison (who was hogging the Screen for a good while), Rachael and her bump, Simondo (who walked past with his bowl of scouse), Clarey Marey (who still manages to send her ginge comments every other day), Cheryl and Chris (who have the best room ever) and of course my wonderful mum and dad. Oh it's times like ya birthday when ya miss your fambo!
Before I went asleep I had to check on Ms T. She'd had an op today so was waiting to see how she was.... Another down side of being far away not being able to make sure your friends are ok and actually help if they need anything!