In Briefs

I figured while I had the time, it would be nice to update the blog as much as possible so it is that I am writing this short entry about today, this very morning that was somewhat cold and wet with drizzle, though lacking outright rain.

We rented a motobike without driver being that I would provide that survice, and headed out to find Silver Falls, a reportedly large-ish waterfall outside of town roughly 20kms on an extremelly muddy and rutted road. The owner of the bike looked a little nervous as we pulled away, either because of our stated destination or because of my driving. It seems I not only have a bit of a heavy foot, but also a lead wrist to match. It took us a half hour of splashing through puddles, sloshing and slipping through mud and careering around corners to reach the falls. They were as tall as advertised and Hilary and I took turns climbing the steps to get a closer look. We did not want to leave the bike alone as we had heard of a scam where someone comes along and vandalizes your bike and then shows up later acting innocently and offering to fix whatever the damage is. The falls, a multi-teared affair, pours down from the top of the mountain and plunges into green forest, passing under a metal bridge in the process. The water looked the color of dehydrated urine, so we didn't bother going down to the smaller pools to washing our faces as many of the Vietnamese tourists were doing, prefer to admire from a fair distance. After that we drove back to town and ate a picnic lunch by the lake in the center of town. All very nice.