Our fully furnished and equipped apartment has some strange Vietnamese interpretations of these words. We have 10 sets of chopsticks, two spoons and two forks. No knives. When I mentioned this to the landlord, he promptly produced a chopping board and a cleaver!
Similarly, we have 10 rice bowls, two plates and two mugs, plus teapot, but enough glassware, in every size, to stock a respectable bar. Obviously, Westerners only drink!
And when you try to remedy deficiencies, you find how provincial Hoi An is. No respectable sized towels, except one we were offered printed with Teddy Bears, which is obviously a baby blanket made of towelling. And we have this wonderful extra-length kingsize bed, and are unable to buy sheets that will go anywhere near it.
Obviously. a trip to Da Nang is called for, and the list is growing by the day.
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