Friday, October 2, 2009

Read Michelle's post first! (In addidtion...)

Hello... just wanted to add a few things to what Michelle said! To reiterate, we are both fine. The ordeal messed up our budget for a few days, but we can make up for that. Physically, it's nothing a few 65 cent beers won't fix, althought we did exhaust our gauze and some other medical supplies a mere 3 days into our trip. =0

The area we were in when we crashed was pretty much the middle of nowhere. It was a beautful drive out to a very small village. The road we were on was a very fine powdery red sand, so it could have been much worse. The camera that broke (not related to the crash, Michelle did it!) was my cheap Canon camera that I've had for a couple years, not my nice DSLR- so we'll still get plenty of pics. However, we were very dissappointed to have not gotten pics of the beautiful countryside, quaint little village (not a foreigner in sight, except the two of us sliding across the ground) and extremely nice people (but terrible drivers). We're in great spirits at the moment... everyone was so nice about it all (the people that drove into us on the wrong side of the road, the nurse, the mechanic that fixed our tire, even the owner of the motorbike) that it's hard not to be.

I'm sure everyone wants pics... so here has been our day thus far-

http://cid-fb8cc05f73293d8d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Trip%20Pictures?uc=1

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We've gotten a lot of comments about the Tsunami/Typhoon that hit this part of the world. Just to clarify, the tsunami didn't hit here, it was primarily in the South Pacific. Central Vietnam DID get hit by a typhoon right as we were arrrving (we passed through some turbulance on the plane) but all we saw of it on the ground was some heavy rain. No worries!
We've got 2 more days here in Mui Ne, then off to Dalat!

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the pics....it's nice to see for myself that you guys are okay.

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  2. lol ths pictures are funny

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  3. Hi Michelle, this is Christy. Tim's better half. Tim and I were in Wyoming last week and just got the news about your plans. Tim and I couldn't be more excited for you both. Hey, Tim is over there often with UPS. this month though he is in Hawaii,and Australia. I gave Tim this link so he can follow where you two are and maybe just maybe be in the same town you are. Enjoy, please be safe,and eating dog???!!!.Indonesia they eat cat.

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  4. Hey Christy, great to hear from you! THat would be great if Tim and I crossed paths in this part of the world! I'll get online somewhat regularly I imagine, so I'll watch out for any message from him. Hawaii and Australia sound pretty great for now! Thanks for the well-wishes!

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