Cooking class and mud baths.....so much fun!

February 10
We had a very busy day today. Chef Dat picked us up at our hotel promptly at 9 am. We picked up another couple, Grace and Luke, from Australia and headed out to the market. We stopped in at a coffee shop to discuss what we wanted to learn to cook. This coffee shop is only for men, we sat at the back since Grace and I were there. Chef Dat explained that young men come to the coffee shop, they bring their pride bird, call a Bul Bul. These birds can cost up to $1,000 each. All the birds are hung in the middle of the coffee shop and the men sit around them, watching and listening to them sing while drinking coffee and relaxing.

He showed us the bakery

Took us to the market... Look what they sell...

Brad got to cut his own coconut

We visited the farms to see where they grew the vegetables and many other places.

Rice noodles drying in the sun

Ice delivery

Chef Dat and his students

We really enjoyed the day with Chef Dat. He took us on a tour of Nha Trang and surrounding area, not only did he show us how to cook the food, he showed us how they grow it and make most of all, all the ingredients we used. Our day ended around the table eating the delishous food we cooked.

Back at our hotel, we grabbed a ride to Thap Ba Hot Springs for a mud bath. It was so much fun, we couldn't stop laughing. My butt kept floating up, I had to hold on to the side of the tub.

We then headed to the mineral pool to relax.

We had so much fun today.... And exhausted!

February 11
Today is our last full day here in Nha Trang, we fly back to Ho Chi Min City tomorrow. We wanted to stay another day here but we couldn't change our flights because of TET week.

We spent a relaxing day on the beach and doing our last minute shopping (Mr. Consumer...aka Bradley). Had a nice dinner and a two hour massage! We are relaxed!