Bus Ride and First Night in Mui Ne

Dear Diary,

Today we woke up early and hungover to head by bus to Mui Ne. The bus ride was very enjoyable in a sleeper bus when the bus driver constantly uses his horn to alert traffic of his presence. We were also treated to A-List acting in Lake Placid 2. Our favourite moment was the riveting scene when one young budding actor tells the other guy. “Don’t start something you can’t finish (perfectly timed pause) because it’ll be your darkest hour!” I recommend you all go out and rent this cinemic masterpiece! We arrived in Mui Ne around mid-afternoon and checked into a nice little guesthouse right on the beach. After some food we hit up the beach and threw the baseball around. We drew a small crowd when we played four person catch, diving in the sand and making jackasses of ourselves. Again, the Europeans probably assumed we were Americans *sigh* because of the baseball. As we were leaving we had a woman from Holland invite us to a backpacker bar to play some poker later in the evening.

We decided to go later on after dinner. We went to a small restaurant where the lights went out about a dozen or so times. Food was good and we had a few drinks with dinner. We made our long walk to the bar where me and Jono sat down to play poker while Hugh and Steve chilled at the bar. I sat down at a table with two Brits, two Russians, a Norwegian, and a Frenchman. I was playing well and aggressive and won two hands at the beginning. On the fifth hand I was dealt a King of clubs and a four of hearts (or something like that). There were no pre-flop bets so I just called to see the flop. Sure enough three clubs come up so now I have a flush draw with the second highest card. I decided to call just to see one more card. A fucking club shows up on the turn! So now I’m sitting there with the second highest flush on the table and only the Ace can beat me. There were only two other guys still in so I pushed the betting. The Brit goes all in and I call. Sure enough he has the fucking Ace and I’m out even before everyone has a chance to deal. Oh well. Jono ends up coming in fourth out of the whole tournament of about 45 or 50 people! I was the first one out of the whole damn thing. Not a bad night but we have the sand dunes and other sites to look forward to tomorrow.

Kev ‘I hate Aces’ Davies