Technically, I'm flying to Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia, right now. Attempting to catch up on my blog, so once I hit New Zealand, I can just blog about that, and not worry about leaving anything out of my awesome Asia tour. So - that means (::cough:: mom, grandma, etc ::cough::) no one should worry about anything I write that happened 6 days ago! :)
So yes, day 2 of Nha-trang was the changing point and worst day of my tour. However, it lead to (re-)realizing I had a great supportive guy back home, a solid tour guide, and had made great friends on the tour that really helped me out when I needed it.
Day 2! The day I got go on a day cruise through the China Sea, go snorkeling, and I could have done some water sports, but opted out of parasailing, jet skiing and banana boating.
We really had a gorgeous day for the boat. We arrived at the docks around 8:30 am or so, and got on, ready to have a great time! We did. After we were far enough away from shore, we were allowed to go sit on top of the boat and look at the view and catch a few beams of sunlight.
Well... my friends... I napped for 40 min... on my stomach of all things... and caught a few more than a few beam of sunlight. I caught second degree burns down my back, on my buttocks, and behind my knees. Thankfully not on the bottom of my feet. It was/is pretty horrible. But I've lived to tell the tale, and don't want to be yelled at - so no e-mails or comments about burning!
After I woke up from quite a good nap while laying in the sun (the last good sleep I would have for 4 days) I talked with a few people and joked around, and then got ready to snorkel! Snorkeling was fun, the fish stayed away from me, and I stayed away from them... it worked well, and I did that for a bit before I started to get tired, and went back to the boat. Eventually everyone came back on, and we traveled for another hour before arriving at stop 2 for a good lunch that was made in this tiny tiny room, and listening to a Vietnamese Westernized Cover band play on the boat next to us.
Within 30 min, everyone was back in the water, drinking cocktails in the China Sea. I stayed away from that, for some reason I was feeling warm (I hadn't figured out the sunburn yet)... I overheated a bit, so... i jumped from the top of the boat into the water. That was nice and cooling.
By the time we got to the 3rd stop where the water sports were, I realized I was burnt. I stayed in the shade and watched everyone, and took some pictures for the people jet skiing, and parasailing. Soon, we were on our way back to the hotel.
That night I opted not to go out to dinner, as I was going through bad sunburn effects. And the next few days, my walking skills were quite...poor.
All in all, great scenery and sunlight. Bad planning on my part. I should learn to sleep inside at night, and not outside in the sun.
Side note - there was one other guy who got badly burnt as well. He and I continuously compared sunburn status updates.
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I am glad you feel better from the sunburn, I know how miserable it can be... Hope the naproxen helped, and aloe too! ;)
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