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  Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, Vietnam
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

My bum is sore. :-(

But that's about the only downside so far :-)

I woke up at 7:30. No. Not correct. I was gently awakened by the sweet sound of a very noisy tractor just outside my window at 7:30. Mmmhhhh... Loved it :-))) but hey, you need to understand : 7:30 am is late for Vietnamese people ! So I got up and, of course, wanted to go to the toilet... Oh yeah, those... Those that are on the other side of the street, meaning after the local bar/grocery store where guys are drinking tea and stuff. So, I get dressed and go. And you know what ? Just behind those toilets... is the lake ! I didn't notice last night ! Awesome view ! I went walking around the area immediately and greeted my friends the mummy pig and her babies, that I had met the night before.

Soon after my backpack is ready and I'm waiting for Tân. He is so surprised to see I'm up and ready. He's even more when I tell him I slept like a baby... Indeed he didn't ! He was disturbed by the sound of animals ! Poor thing ! Hahaha ! I found out shortly after that the Dutch couple, the British guy and their easy riders slept badly for the same reasons ! Hahaha ! And I would be the "city girl" ? Hilarious !

On that same topic, I drink ice all the time, I don't care at all about what I am eating, in what or how. And so far, nothing "must be something I ate" to report ! Tân told me again today that I have a strong stomach :-) hey guys, I did Angola and Palestine. Bring it on !

After breakfast - I really love their coffee ! - I went for an ... elephant ride ! Yeah ! For an hour ! My god. And I complained about the motorbike being not comfortable ? I am not, I repeat, I am NOT going on an elephant back trip anytime soon... Even though they are cute and very reassuring. But it was a first, I am happy I did it. And I got to chill (and burn) while watching the beautiful scenery of this lake and it's surrounding hills. Awesome.

We left and headed for BMT. On the way we stopped to check out a place where the guy owns several black scorpions (OMG they are soooooo frightening) as well as two pythons (OMG they are soooooo cute and beautiful and mesmerizing and awesome). As you can imagine, I fled the scorpions in great horror and carried the pythons on my shoulders (including this 2m python weighing 35Kg) with great joy. I could not take my eyes off them and could not stop stroking them. Their skin is amazing. I loved it.

After that, we left again and stopped for coffee a bit later. Then comes lunch and... the waterfalls ! Again, like in Dalat, I am impressed (I haven't seen many waterfalls in my life, I admit). I sit for half an hour watching them and listening to this very noisy sound of those thousands of liters of water per second falling down. Great time.

Apart from that, we didn't do much : checked in a hotel I'm BMT, took a nap and went for dinner.

So quickly, some funnies to finish, all about Tân :

- his pronunciation, which is no better and no worse than most people here who speak English, is sometimes very very funny. If you add to that that he sometimes forgets the proper way of saying a word, you can get very very confused... I started writing down some words that I had a hard time understanding... Bakeding is actually marketing, win ti is green tea, rouper twi is rubber tree, rye why is rice wine and my favorite one so far : coffi is NOT coffee, but... Scorpion. Yes, I swear.

- love his expressions and the way he says things ! "if lady phone me, OK, if man, go away !" :-))) and tonight, he made me laugh so much (let me write it phonetically so you can grasp the language challenge) : "biko I wok a lat, in di ivnin, I lak relak. So I drik bia, I go karaoke, look ladies, slip betta !". If you need a translation, let me know ;-)

Tomorrow will be a long day : 270 km... Wish luck to my sore bum.

Nadege

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Far away toilets   Comments!	Bibounouche   Comments!	Juste derriere les toilettes :-)   Comments!	Croises la nuit derniere   Comments!
Miam scrountch	Deprimant de bon matin	Vacances pourries	Cohabitation 1
Maman cochon	Cache cache 1	Cache cache 2	Grand frere moins timide
Cohabitation 2	Ca sent bon par ici	Ras le bol de ces paysages	Maison du village
Cochon jusqu'au cou	Les montures	La plateforme	Merci le contre jour Tan !
Normal moto ride	Sechons le riz au soleil	Balade en elephant	Adorable
Reposant	Le dernier qui a fini paye sa tournee	Eglise perdue dans les champs	Bebe python   Comments!
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C'est loin le Quebec de la France ?   Comments!	Road to waterfall   Comments!	Banyan	Waterfall 1   Comments!
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Waterfall 4	Indiana Jones' bridge   Comments!	Premier champ de manioc	Copain 1   Comments!
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