Sunday, February 7, 2010

March 13,2005 Nha Trang - Waking Up With A Shout

As we work up this morning, I thought there was a fire alarm. We were on the 8th floor and our window was open a bit. All of a sudden I could hear shouting and a number of people. It was 5 AM so it was startling. I went over to the windows which overlook the beach, concrete boardwalk along side and 4 lane road between us. I was very surprised to see the road and boardwalk crowded with Vietnamese people obviously out for their early morning exercise.

Most of them were doing a brisk walk but some were participating in a number of beach front activities in an exercise circuit along the boardwalk and a grassy area.

Several brave souls were out swimming in the ocean...one looked like he was drowning as he raised his arms in the air...but I finally figured out it was the backstroke. We have found the Vietnamese people to be a very happy, health conscious people so this should not have really surprised me. Perhaps we could take some lessons from them (have you ever seen an overweight Vietnamese person ?).

Take care because All of Life is An Adventure
You just have to exercise your body and spirit to enjoy it,
Linda

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