My World Walk Blog - Vietnam #7 - A day of laughs
A day of laughs.
A
36-kilometre fun-filled day followed. That day I walked from near Nam
Dinh to Cau Vat. The first twenty were on delightful backroads and I
continued walking past people busy working in the fields, shops and on
construction sites. I had my fair share of offers to stop for a cup of
tea. I took up one of those offers at a house which was under
construction. However, before I made my exit I did my 'Brucie Wobble'
party piece. Anyone that doesn't know what that is please check it out
on You Tube here
A
former Liverpool goalkeeper called Bruce Grobbelaar put a penalty taker
off his kick in the 1984 European cup final against Roma when he threw a
wobbly legs routine! I sometimes do this to garner a smile when people
are staring intently at me. It never fails for they crack up with
laughter. I did it a lot in Myanmar on my world run. There I was under a
police escort for two weeks and there were villages where over a
hundred people lined up with emotionless stares. I just ran right up to
them, did my wobble and we all laughed. As you can imagine I was soon
surrounded but I always loved to stop and chat as best as I could with
the language barrier.
Back
here I stopped at a grocery store for a snack. Inside the people were
asking if I was travelling alone. No, I have my girlfriend waiting
outside I joked as I pointed to Karma. I had left a small wireless
speaker on top of her and when I went outside and was bidding my
farewells. The Bluetooth connection with the GPS which I had been using
that morning was still connected. Suddenly the GPS cranked into
operation and a loud female command came from Karmas direction "Turn
Left!"
You should have seen the peoples faces. Their expressions were priceless, and then we had a good laugh before I walked on.
For
my meal break, I went into a cafe for a bowl of phoh. I took a huge
swig of what I thought was my water bottle. It was, in fact, a similar
bottle to mine which someone had filled with vodka and was placed on my
table by accident! That nearly took the head off me and I slat it out!
So
I walked on and through Dong Hung where I was befriended by a great
character, an outgoing man who looked more like he was on a bicycle
tour. I'm not sure exactly what he was doing but he was walking along
the road and occasionally picking something up off the road. We met
several times as I walked through the spread out city. Even though I had
enough water he insisted on giving me a bottle and then kindly gave me a
better hat than mine. Once when he was busy with his collecting and
left his bicycle unattended I pretended I was swiping it! He responded
by grabbing Karma!
Ah, what a laugh and what a day, all 36 kilometres, a barrel of laughs from start to finish.
Tuesday 12th I took the day off to recover!
24,969 kilometres for 716 road days. I need just 31 for my 25,000th of this global walk. Web: www.myworldwalk.com
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