"Holiday" in Vietnam

Pictures will be forthcoming
With frequent flyer miles burning a hole in our pockets we decided to go on a pre-holiday holiday. The next decision to be made was where to go. The internet has made the entire world accessible. Areas never before thought of as vacation destinations are now sought out and searchableust. Larry discovered that Vietnam Airlines recently joined the Delta partner group and were offering even more miles. After several recommendations and free airfare we decided on the south Vietnamese coast. Yep, Vietnam for vacation.

Since this Asian adventure has begun, I've gotten pretty good at preparing for anything, but not expecting too much. When we landed in Ho Chi Minh City, we got our luggage and headed to the bathrooms to change into short sleeved shirts. It was hot and humid...perfect. We'd never actually spoken to anyone from the resort as reservations and communications were done all online, we placed bets on whether or not our shuttle would show. We were pleasantly suprised to see a nice large van pull up to the curb. Larry stopped at the ATM to get some dong before heading to the resort. He handed me three bills. He'd miscalculated, thinking 800,000 dong was plenty, but actually it's less than $40. We laughed so hard, the driver looked at us funny. We settled in for the two and half hour ride from h-e-double l. The road, and I mean the entire stretch of road from Ho Chi Minh to Vung Tau was under major construction. It's a wonder
we didn't have to change tires. We were thrown all over the van and to make things more 'interesting' there was absolutely nothing except roadside stands, coffee 'bars' and kareoke cafes lining the road. It was almost ten by the time we reached Anoasis. I'd picked out the place so if it was a dive it was going to be my fault.
It was like driving into paradise.