Liz K and I wanted to find a tailor to make us dresses. We were told it was fairly cheap to have a well-made dress sewn in just a few days. We met up with Caitlynn, Lauren, Rachel, and Sam to go into town and find a tailor. We hopped on the shuttle bus… and eventually realized it wasn’t leaving for another half hour. We decided to wait for it.
When we got to town we walked toward the Ben Thanh market. On the way we stopped at an ATM, where one of the machines charged Rachel’s card, but didn’t give her any money. It should not have been too complicated, but the people behind the desk of the bank refused to give her any money. We stayed for about a half an hour, but she told us to leave and get our dresses done. I felt terrible about leaving, but she didn’t want to take away from anyone’s time shopping. Sam stayed with her so she wasn’t alone.
We found a fabric store across the street from Ben Thanh market. The lady who worked there only spoke a little English, and somehow I had missed the lecture on speaking in Viet Namese, so I didn’t know how to say anything. Somehow she understood us and took us across the street to a tailor where we decided the kinds of dresses we wanted made. We decided on the designs and had our measurements taken. Then we went back across the street to decide on our fabric… and then we went back to the tailor’s to pay for the dresses. We spent a few hours working on what we wanted. We are going to go back to pick up our dresses on the last day in port. Hopefully they all worked out well!
We needed to be back on the ship by noon because a few people had FDPs to get to. Liz K, Caitlynn, Yesenia and I had lunch on the ship before heading back out again with Rachel. We spent the rest of the day wandering around and shopping. Liz K, Caitlynn and I got some frozen yogurt while Yesenia and Rachel looked into getting dresses made. They decided not to get anything in the end.
We got back to the ship around 4, took showers and then met for dinner. After dinner we decided we wanted to look for internet and ended up going to second dinner/snack/tea time at the sushi restaurant across the street. We only ordered one roll, but it was really good. Hopefully I can go back again sometime while I am here.
Tomorrow I have to get up at 4:15AM in order to get to the airport in time to make it to Hanoi and Ha Long Bay! I am really excited. I have wanted to go there ever since I saw the Viet Nam episode of Top Gear. I just wish I had enough time to buy a scooter and drive there. Maybe next time I can try that. For now, I am heading to bed!
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