Sunday morning dawned sunny and hot -- luckily this was not the weather yesterday... J and I got up to have breakfast, then effected a change of room from the noisy city view to the garden one (it cost us USD 6 more). The room with the garden view (actually, rice paddy view) is lovely; bright and with a generous breeze through the open doors and shuttered windows. We however put the a/c on and J went back to sleep. Eventually we got going again round about 2pm. Met the Weitzes and Julian and Cecilia at the Cargo Club for a bite. It is sappingly hot. I had a lovely stuffed squid which I scarfed with fluffy white rice. Then we wandered around town for a bit before going back for the nth shower of the day.

J rented a motorbike after the usual angst over price and how much petrol it should come with etc etc which spared us the angst of getting a taxi to Cua Dai beach. We rode to the fishing village that had been the route of the run stage of the triathlon. It was quite lovely, actually, with excited children (and adults) waving madly. There is a bridge through the village which overlooks the river and the fishing boats. It's quite picturesque.

Caught up with Udo and the Bond sisters in the village (also saw Evil Nasty French Race Lady having her run). Ended up at Golden Sands where we had a drink with Udo while waiting for Barbara and Zoe. J and I went ahead on the bike and found a place for us to have dinner. Watched some EPL games while stuffing faces on fried spring rolls, fried fish and grilled chicken. Ate the whole fish much to Zoe's chagrin.