lunatic bumblebee

In the morning we had again meetings with several departments. This time my boss was with us and she did most of the translation work, so that I only had to entertain the German business group during the breaks. Very funny was the meeting with the Joint Stock Company for water construction Hai Phong. Due to a flat tire we arrived at the company at 11.30 am. When we arrived there was a big welcome team, with cameras and reporters and after the director of the company introduced the company’s business field (around 10 minutes) he said: “It’s already late, so that I suggest that we continue our work while having lunch.” So much trouble for only 10 minutes ^^…

According to the plan, we had to go to the island Cat Ba in the afternoon. Unfortunately, a storm approached, so that we spend several hours driving to the ferry pier and waiting for the ferry boat to bring us to Cat Ba without any progress. The wind was hard and the ferry was small, so that everybody was waiting. I myself hoped that it wouldn’t go, because two month ago another ferry in Vietnam sank with more than 40 people on board (and a cow), although the capacity of the ferry was only 20 people (without any animals). We decided to wait until 5 pm and called a taxi to bring us back. Also, the ferry didn’t go that day and all the other passengers had to go back to the hotel in Hai Phong. A very unlucky day as you can see, as you would’ve expected from a Friday, 13th.

Anh Thu