Samstag, 18. August 2007
17.08
ihmsen, 11:43h
Finally I DID it.
I took my day off and made a hike in the park. I borrowed the bicycle of one of colleagues and went to explore the park.
And it was awesome, because during the week there is nearly nobody inside. I had just once bad luck to have two vietnamese boys walking in front of me, when I visited a prehistoric cave here in the park. I seems to me that those people here do not talk with each other, they shout at each other. So I hardly could appreciate the silence and the sound of dripping water which is so typical for caves, luckily the bats were used to it and did not felt disturbed, so I could see dozens of them hanging from the ceiling.
Anyway, later I dropped my bike at the side of the road where a small trail was cut into the jungle and there I was able to enjoy the sound of silence or better the sound of nature, because the jungle is actually never quiet.
Later I sat down on a fallen tree and ate a little bit of the pineapple I brought for that purpose. This was particularly nice, because you can sit there relaxed and just see the life and all those animals passing by.
Then I went till the end of the park where I had lunch and met a nice couple from Canada and South Africa, who currently live in Scotland.
With them I made another hike through the jungle. This one was different but also beautiful and I really enjoyed it to talk someone else than my colleagues here (just to hear some new stories).
At the end I was a bit worried how to get home, as I was pretty exhausted, but fortunately the 20km back were mainly going down (which was also a rather good explanation for my fatigue, because on my way there I had to climb all of it).
So when I arrived back I bought a bottle of bia hoi (drafted beer in cheap looking green plastic bottles without labeling) as a reward.
Bia hoi is my newest discovery here in Vietnam, even though it is despised by most foreigners for it’s watery consistence. I like it, because the taste is quite smooth and it contains less alcohol than a real beer, but drunken cold it is also pretty refreshing. So for me it is a perfect drink for an evening on my terrace and, by the way, also incrediblely cheap, one liter of bia hoi costs 5000 dong, aproximately 25 Cent.
I took my day off and made a hike in the park. I borrowed the bicycle of one of colleagues and went to explore the park.
And it was awesome, because during the week there is nearly nobody inside. I had just once bad luck to have two vietnamese boys walking in front of me, when I visited a prehistoric cave here in the park. I seems to me that those people here do not talk with each other, they shout at each other. So I hardly could appreciate the silence and the sound of dripping water which is so typical for caves, luckily the bats were used to it and did not felt disturbed, so I could see dozens of them hanging from the ceiling.
Anyway, later I dropped my bike at the side of the road where a small trail was cut into the jungle and there I was able to enjoy the sound of silence or better the sound of nature, because the jungle is actually never quiet.
Later I sat down on a fallen tree and ate a little bit of the pineapple I brought for that purpose. This was particularly nice, because you can sit there relaxed and just see the life and all those animals passing by.
Then I went till the end of the park where I had lunch and met a nice couple from Canada and South Africa, who currently live in Scotland.
With them I made another hike through the jungle. This one was different but also beautiful and I really enjoyed it to talk someone else than my colleagues here (just to hear some new stories).
At the end I was a bit worried how to get home, as I was pretty exhausted, but fortunately the 20km back were mainly going down (which was also a rather good explanation for my fatigue, because on my way there I had to climb all of it).
So when I arrived back I bought a bottle of bia hoi (drafted beer in cheap looking green plastic bottles without labeling) as a reward.
Bia hoi is my newest discovery here in Vietnam, even though it is despised by most foreigners for it’s watery consistence. I like it, because the taste is quite smooth and it contains less alcohol than a real beer, but drunken cold it is also pretty refreshing. So for me it is a perfect drink for an evening on my terrace and, by the way, also incrediblely cheap, one liter of bia hoi costs 5000 dong, aproximately 25 Cent.
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