Day One at Playa Samara

The next morning we woke up to rain! AHHHHH! You cannot enjoy rain at the beach. We decided to get ready for the beach anyway. Good choice because the rain stopped shortly after breakfast. We stayed a Hotel Las Brisa in case anyone wants to google it. It was very nice and run by a German man. The rates include breakfast. You have 3 choices-American, Typical, or Continental. We wer all starving remember since we had no dinner. The American included eggs (scrambled or fried) and ham. The typical was eggs, rice and beans. And the continental was just fruit. The OJ was good and apparently the coffee was too. After breakfast we walked down the beach to the town. The tide was high so we had to go up and around to avoid being knee deep in water. Just as we were getting to town everything was opening. It couldn´t have been more perfect. We bought swimmies for the kids, flip flops for Ha Lien, and groceries for us and snacks to repay the neighbors. During all this we ran into Marjory and her family. Small town! We decided to meet up later. Getting back to the hotel was not so fun since we bought 40 bucks worth of groceries! We made it and then went directly to the pool and beach. Ha Lien loved the water and Hoang Linh was apprehensive. We played until lunch time. Oh, I forgot to mention we met a family from California who kept us abreast of information. They returned from surfing lessons and tried to convince me to do it. The waves were so big so I was a chicken! Just as we were leaving the pool Ha Lien had a slight mishap. When she gets tired she ignores her mother. He mother told her not to move as she had just taken off her swimmies. Two seconds later Ha Lien was underwater. Never fear Hao was 1 nanosecond away but that sure did scare her. She ate lunch with us (ham and cheese sandwiches) and went right to nap. She knew better!
While the kids were napping John and I went for a walk. John found a lot off hermit crabs and cool seashells. He has a good eye! He thinks he should have been a geologist. When we walked back we ran into Marjory and her family and the taxi driver. It turns out that he shared a cabin with them. There cabin had no air or fans and a crying baby for most of the night! Doesn´t sound like fun to me but they were in heaven. Marjory asked me to watch Estefan. He can´t really swim so for an hour I held his hand and jumped waves (ola grande)! While all this was going on we didn´t realize Hao and the kids were locked in the room. Oops! John went to check on them and found that out. They hadn´t been up for long so it was okay. After that we played on the beach since our visitors were not allowed in the pool. Mean German man! There was nobody in it! (rainy season) We played until it was almost sunset. At sunset we were off to another town to watch the sun drop into the ocean.