Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Goooood Morning Vietnam!

This morning (4/9) we arrived in Nha Trang, Vietnam and as Robin Williams said in the movie “Good Morning Vietnam” it was hot - damn hot! Nha Trang is a beach community which relies on fishing and tourism. This was a popular R&R sport for U.S. Military during the Vietnam war.

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We rode through the calm and quiet city streets on our first stop of the tour. I’m glad I was a passenger and not the driver!

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Our first stop was at the Long Son Pagoda (temple) and the white Buddha.

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We arrived early and the Buddha wasn’t up                                                Later in the morning he was on duty.

The beach area looked quite inviting, so we took a quick detour to get a few photos.

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Cindy had to get a bag of sand for her collection and of course check the temperature of the water (warm & tempting).

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We had time for a short lunch                                             and some afternoon entertainment.

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We then stopped for a short prayer for a safe journey back to our ship.

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We did have time to stop and have some snake wine, donuts and grubs before getting back to the ship.

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1 comment:

Romios Family said...

Nikos will be excited to see the snake wine. He is very into show Ninjago right now and the bad guys are snakes.