nha trang - beach bummer? no way! day 6

i've truly been lucky that i keep getting wake up calls on time. even though i usually habitually wake up before they manage to call me.

i organize a cab to danang and have another regrettable breakfast at the hotel.i befriend two vancouverites in search of a chiller beach than nha trang randomly. duffy and lindsay are traveling a bit and lindsay is on the same search as myself. as my conversations run, it can be a bit of a time trial to see how long i last without talking about music. it turns out randomly, duffy is in a band who my roommate matt's buddy recommended to me ages ago called ladyhawke. small world indeed. they are very nice and i thoroughly enjoyed chatting with them. they gift me some tips and are off at nha trang's airport north. 

as luck has it, an israeli living in rome named sharon saddles up next to me on the plane and we decide to be travel buddies since she is alone too. besides hinting at being a hardcore vegetarian, convinces me i should try diving in nha trang. after chilling out on the beach, she spends quite a bit of time looking up vegetarian restaurants and we look for diving shops. for lunch, the meal was cold and regrettable, but dinner was fantastic as i got a claypot meal; my favorite dishes in vietnam. we stroll around and find the diving shop and set up the dive. we then head out to a local bar, the red apple club, which would be at home in any city in america with free shots and an aussie promoter. i've been watching what i drink as i've been traveling alone. since we are getting up early, we shove off around 12:30ish to be rested for our virgin dives.

upon the walk home, i'm accosted by motorbike after motorbike, (moto!), pedalling ladies and drugs. they followed me for blocks some times and it was a little disturbing because i was alone, but i feel pretty safe in vietnam. 

tomorrow jacques stevso? zizzous?