Have moved into my home for the next 5 weeks. Met the housekeepar and she's lovely, but she doesn't speak much English. Have had a look around the area too. It's next to the lake and is full of ex-pats so the supermarket stock s a lot of foreign goods. There is also a shop that stocks foreign stuff and it sells marmite! There are still cheap street places around too to get some pho or some bun chai from so theres a nice mix. I'm excited to have a kitchen but somewhat daunted by the supermarket as I don't understand half of the labels in the place. Might just have to buy random things and see what they are!

Tomorrow I am going on a boat trip down the river for a change of scene and then Sunday I think I'm just gonna do exciting things such as laundry and then watch some films. The couple who own the house have heaps of films I can work my way through!

Tomorrow I think I'm going to brave the back of a motorbike. I have to be at the boat by 7am and I'm not at all within walking distance. I don't really want to pay for a taxi and I ahve no idea what the buses are like first thing in the morning so I'm gonna try a motorbike. My logic is that first thing on a Saturday morning it shouldn't be too busy on the roads and so I'm less likely to die. I was told that the quickest and cheapest way for me to get to work from Tay Ho each day will be a motorbike so I guess I'm gonna have to give it a go sometime. I could get a bus but I have no idea how long it will take to get to the language school and they are really crowded at peak times so I think it's gonna be a motorbike.