Today we woke up early to take a hydrofoil boat ride to Vung Tao, a seaside city that borders the South China Sea. It was an hour and a half ride. I had never been on a hydrofoil before that was kinda interesting. When we arrived it was very hot, more than usual that is. It was like a tease because we could see the beautiful ocean from everywhere that we were, but we had to wait til later in the day to go swimming. Our first stop was a Buddhist bogota (I don’t think I spelled that correctly). Tinh showed us around the place and how Buddhist’s prayed for luck and other things. There were a lot of things for sale at the entrance which I found to be a rather odd collaboration with the whole religion idea. Jay and I paid a small amount to release little birds in front of a Buddha which is supposed to bring good luck for that day. After this we hiked to the top of a hill to see a statue of Jesus. The hike up the hill was pretty intense, definitely the most I have sweat so far on the trip. The view from the top of the hill was awesome. I guess it also makes for a great defensive position because there was an old very large gun at the top of the hill as well. We were able to climb on this and take pictures on it. Ate lunch after this, then headed to the beach. The beach was a lot of fun, Tinh made up some games for all of us to play. Took the hydrofoil home. We went to a Mediterranean place for dinner back in HCM city. It was absolutely amazing. Spaghetti has never tasted so good. It was the first time in a week I tasted non Vietnamese food and cheese.
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