August 5

Hello!!!! We come to you from the coastal city of Nha Trang. This city does not feel like Vietnam at all, but it does smell it!!! (I think the smell is getting to both of us.) It has so many tourists, we kind of blend in here but it's also much too noisy for our tastes.

On our trip here, we tried real sea food, but both of us were feeling queasy so it wasn't the most enjoyable meal. I (Nikki) didn't even try the squid for fear of hurling. To make the nausea worse, shortly after eating we passed the sight of a major motobike accident. The accident must have just happened shortly before we passed. They were picking up a man and putting him in the back of a taxi and we think the other teenager was dead. As we passed, I kept thinking that we should have stopped. Both of us know first aid and it didn't look like anyone was helping, but all were standing and watching. It's just amazing that there aren't more accidents. I mean, the more time we've spent on the road, the more we understand a little bit of order to the traffic, but different vehicles have different speed limits and you can pass at anytime. My stomach and head still hasn't settled from the nauseated feeling which has put a damper on the last two days.

Once we arrived in the city we bid goodbye to our guides. It makes me laugh when I think about one of our guides. I think he picked up two new phrases from spending time with us because he would say it a lot and then laugh. The phrases were "sounds great" but he would say, "sound GREAT" and the other phrase was "have a blast". They were fun but our bodies were happy to have a day off from riding the bikes.

Today we spent most of it diving out by some islands. The boat trip was about 40 minutes and for our first dive we were supposed to be held by our dive masters. Mine did a great job and pointed out a lot of underwater life to me. Bradyn wasn't so lucky, but he did get to see an octopus that I didn't see. The second dive was much better. Not only did we get to swim by ourselves, but there were caves to look into and there was also more to see and explore!Now we can say we've seen Vietnam from the air, from the land, and under the water. All that's left is in the ground (which we'll do in Cambodia). We've travelled by plane, bus, motorbike and boat. Now we need a train, which we'll also do in Cambodia.

Tomorrow we fly to Cambodia and begin our adventures there! Adios!