Our bedroom, as the meager price of $ 10 per night and may also be expected, no windows. When we woke up this morning we found themselves in a world full of peace and coolness (for a / c). Because we want to drive the scooter to Hue, we had planned today to look for two bicycles. That sounds, especially from the oasis of our hotel room, as a convenient task. Once the door however, we were unpleasantly struck by a truckload full of hot air, noise and stimuli. Panic hit into. Help!
Our instinctive reaction was to something familiar to search. The hotel sits in a small alley at the end of which a somewhat broader way. In this way we found a coffee shop, European style. For higher prices than usual, we got a little sanctuary of cool, calm, soft music, hot coffee and some bread on offer. Once recovered from the initial shock we decided our communication skills in the struggle to throw (though our momentum as easily as an act of desperation to be explained), we asked the waitress where we could buy scooters.
Of course we caught flounder. The waitress spoke pretty good English, but she knew once more to coffee than U.S. dollars of motor vehicles. Fortunately, there are these moments that Americans always listening, Nicholas, in this case. He gave us polite to us and reveals his big secret: a Canadian friend of his two-wheelers sold. Aha! We received a number of Jason and talked him into a makeshift phone booth in an internet cafe. Jason klonkt nice, reliable and had a shop opposite the telephone booth, also near our bed again.
Jason works as a teacher at a university and we could only 4:30 to the afternoon meeting, but assured us that he had for a price that our ears sounded good in the two Honda scooters could arrange. Nice! We drank some coffee with his compagnion, Chuong, which we more or less accidentally hit. He treated us to ice coffee, warmth, good stories and information.
Well, in short: we have two second-order scooters currently in a friendly garage completely disassembled, overhauled and fitted with a beautiful new matte-black lacquer (with a red star on it, because the pride of Vietnam ). Chuong helped us for a song to a Vietnamese telephone number for our GSM and advised us that a few cheap and sound could buy helmets. Apart from blood, sweat and tears this adventure our $ 900 for two-wheelers (approx. 660 euros) and 12 euros for two good helmets.
Chuong (Jason and we later found also) is a very friendly man, and promised that the best possible scooter for our money would be given (even plus or minus a few grains of salt is a nice thought) and ensures that we Just in case, a few essential spare parts and tools meekrijgen. Very pleasant. Moreover, he assured us that we could always call him and he naaeer and our conscience would try to help. He and his business partner Jason have the engine company just started up together and try their (now) clearly reputation to uphold. That inspires confidence.
In between we have some rest in the park look. Soon we were approached by a Vietnamese student who would like to speak English with us, just to gain experience. At first we were suspicious, but that feeling soon gave way to embarrassment. She had no means mischief. She told us that many students in the park to practice English together, and if possible also with tourists. Very clever and fun.
Still full of luck that we had our scooter story, we told her (if requested) on the importance of networking in business. The story of our scooters was the perfect example on your own, you get much done, but-we-know-us, that is the panacea. Because that's how a cow catches a hare: with some help from the rest of the herd.
