Lisa did some tremendous bargaining in one shop and bought just about everything we hadn't got yet. Tia helped by using those dimples and being cute with the shopkeeper. Brynley and Jordan stood outside and melted.
We decided to do something to better the world and had lunch at KOTO. It is a great story and makes you proud to be an Australian. The story began when little Jimmy Pham escaped South Vietnam as a child with his parents when the Americans withdrew from the war. After a couple of years they made it to Australia as refugees. When he grew up he got a job with tour group Intrepid and moved to Vietnam to review hotels. He became very upset with the plight of street kids and the disadvantaged. Consequently he set up a sandwich shop called KOTO (know one teach one). He helped street kids, gave them a job and taught them life skills. It has now turned into a 4 level restaurant and takes on about 30 kids a year. They do a 2 year course and go on to other jobs (most go to work in the big hotels).
http://www.koto.com.au/
We were so impressed and thought it was such a worthwhile cause that we donated $100 to help them set up a restaurant in Saigon. We believe that but for the grace of god we all could have been born street kids in the back blocks of Hanoi.
By the way - Lisa, Tia and Jordan thought the food was terrific. Brynley thought it was good but his Bun Cha was not as good as he has had elsewhere.
It doesn't matter where you go you always bump into ugly Australians behaving badly. This despicable pair really kicked off and made an ass of themselves.
Tia was so embarrassed she hid behind her new Conical Hat.
In the afternoon we relaxed in the pool. There was a big crowd there for the boxing so we thought we would impress them with our strength and agility in the water. No matter where you go there are always some ugly Australians behaving badly.
