Coffee is served in our guesthouse from 7am to 8am, so up early to start our day. It is freezing in the mornings and emerging from a nice cosy bed takes courage!
We walked around town to see what we could discover. Many people huddled around little wood burning fires keeping warm. A beautiful river running behind the houses with ladies doing their washing. A museum, but little on display. A traditional market, selling everything from live fish to popcorn! We ate lunch at the market and saw what looked like a film crew filming every move a group tour.
After the market we trolled the streets and came across a military parade of some kind. There seemed to be different brigades marching, watched by a fairly large crowd. There were small stalls selling snacks, a gun display of old American weapons and what seemed to be 2 ladies football teams waiting to play. In the street next door were little fairground games. You had to try to hit a wall, full of balloons, with 3 darts. If all 3 darts popped a balloon, you won a prize! We watched as people walked away from the stall with numerous prizes. We fancied our chances, so each had a go. Christine threw first and straight away hit a balloon, the crowd roared! She steadied herself for the second shot... missed, game over! Darryl took to the oche, sweating due to the pressure of the moment. He fired his dart, hit a balloon and the strength of the throw was so wimpy, that it didn't pop! The stall holder laughed,felt sorry for Darryl and let him have another try. He popped a balloon but of course no prize could be claimed. We left, tail between our legs and disappointed with our performance :-)
The afternoon was spent battling with mobile technology and sorting out a certain visa we will be needing not too far in the future!
This evening we returned to the night market and ate noodles soup to keep is warm. Next, we headed off in search of the loud bangs we could here. Fireworks, near where we had watched the marching, great!
We walked around town to see what we could discover. Many people huddled around little wood burning fires keeping warm. A beautiful river running behind the houses with ladies doing their washing. A museum, but little on display. A traditional market, selling everything from live fish to popcorn! We ate lunch at the market and saw what looked like a film crew filming every move a group tour.
After the market we trolled the streets and came across a military parade of some kind. There seemed to be different brigades marching, watched by a fairly large crowd. There were small stalls selling snacks, a gun display of old American weapons and what seemed to be 2 ladies football teams waiting to play. In the street next door were little fairground games. You had to try to hit a wall, full of balloons, with 3 darts. If all 3 darts popped a balloon, you won a prize! We watched as people walked away from the stall with numerous prizes. We fancied our chances, so each had a go. Christine threw first and straight away hit a balloon, the crowd roared! She steadied herself for the second shot... missed, game over! Darryl took to the oche, sweating due to the pressure of the moment. He fired his dart, hit a balloon and the strength of the throw was so wimpy, that it didn't pop! The stall holder laughed,felt sorry for Darryl and let him have another try. He popped a balloon but of course no prize could be claimed. We left, tail between our legs and disappointed with our performance :-)
The afternoon was spent battling with mobile technology and sorting out a certain visa we will be needing not too far in the future!
This evening we returned to the night market and ate noodles soup to keep is warm. Next, we headed off in search of the loud bangs we could here. Fireworks, near where we had watched the marching, great!
