Trinh: Excuse me Miss Alice!
Miss Alice: yes?
Trinh: Can you do me a favour please?
Miss Alice: of course. How can I help you?
Trinh: Can you go to the pier to collect the customer up, Kate to the homestay please? Because I am in Saigon at the moment.
Miss Alice: Ok. what time will she arrive?
Trinh: She takes the ferry at 6.35 AM so she might arrive around 8AM.
Miss Alice: Ok. No problem.
Trinh: Thank you for your help
Miss Alice: My pleasure!
Trinh: Hi Miss Alice, it’s 8AM now, have you found her yet?
Miss Alice: Not yet, I and your mom are at the pier and we don’t see her. Do you know what she wearing?
Trinh: I didn’t ask her.
Miss Alice: Ok let me call her, I am friend with her on facebook.
Trinh: I know where she is now, She is at the small cafe in another side.
Miss Alice: Ok. I’ll come and see her. Now I see her. Hi Kate, sorry we couldn’t recognise you.
Kate: Hi Alice, it’s ok. It’s nice to meet you.
Miss Alice: I am a friend of Trinh, an owner of the homestay. I’m here and pick you up. It’s nice to meet you too. Where do you come from?
Kate: what do you mean?
Miss Alice: I meant where did you take the boat to come here?
Kate: Oh from Rach Gia
Miss Alice: oh Rach Gia is my hometown. so what do you do?
Kate: I’m an event manager in Berlin, Germany.
Miss Alice: that’s cool.
Kate: why are you here?
Miss Alice: I just come for visiting and working online. Ok I’m leaving at 12PM this afternoon. So now 8:30, it’s still have time to show you around the island if you want.
Kate: yes, please. That would be nice.
Miss Alice: So now I’ll take you to the homestay then you can check in and put your stuffs in the room, I’ll wait for you outside.
Kate: Ok. Thank you.
Miss Alice. It’s ok.
Kate: So Alice, where should I go and what should I eat?
Miss Alice: you can have lunch at the floating boat, they have fresh seafood. For dinner, I went to Rai Ca restaurant which is by the sea with a great view and the food was so tasty but you need to book in advance, 2-3 hours earlier.
Kate: That’s nice. I must go there. How can I find the address?
Miss Alice: on facebook, I can send you location. About cafes, Sunset is one of my favourite place, I can show you on the way we are going. You want to stop by La Nam cafe? It’s also one of my favourite.
Kate: sure, why not? but do you still have time?
Miss Alice: I still have. Don’t worry.
Kate: Thank you so much for your tour today, Alice. Should I pay for you some money because you took your time to show me around?
Miss Alice: No. I’m happy to help, It’s not my job.
Kate: Thank you very much, again.