11-14 (Saturday)
We didn't get up until 7 a.m. Wonderful! Breakfast (that came with the room ) was wonderful - scrambled eggs, pancakes, fruit, rice, all kinds of bread and toast. We met some guy and his mother (from Calif) last night on the way to the night market. They were at breakfast. He was asking us about where to go and what to see in Asia. His mother is going home in another couple of weeks but he is staying until May.
After breakfast we talked to a travel agent about taking the slow boat (not to China but ) to Luang Prabang in Lao. We think we're going to leave Monday. We also made plane reservations to fly from Lao to Hanoi on the 25th of this month.
The market that was suppose to be so wonderful? Well, we never found it and the locals never heard of it! BUT . . . they assure us that tomorrow (Sunday) there is a wonderful local market . . . we'll see.
Tonight we did something different . . . we had dinner in a restaurant!
It is really hot here and it totally saps my energy. I was exhausted when we got back to the hotel.