Sunday, 13 December 2009

Pic: HDR blue Buddah, Qui Nhon 2009

Pic: HDR Grounded Cargo Ship, Leper beach, Qui Nhon

Day 43 5/12/2009

I swear I had more mosquitoes in under my fly net than in the room… I slept terribly. I was going to leave today to make my way to Nha Trang but decided to see more of the city, I met with an Aussie and a Kiwi (Doug and Shaun) who I had already met yesterday and set off on bicycles to see some things around the city. First we went back to that Vegetarian restaurant for Lunch and tried to make our way to the 17m statue of a guy giving the finger to the Chinese. Unfortunately its not accessible by road and we needed a boat, so we skipped this attraction. We cycled around town for a bit and saw a Pagoda and a statue of a Buddha that at one angle looks like he is taking a drag of a splif as pictured.

Despite it being overcast and was raining at times we went to find another beach south of the city, with a bit of cycling uphill then back down we entered a leper community. There wasn’t much happening here so we went to the beach for some Frisbee action. At one end of the beach there was a cargo ship that had been grounded ashore. We approached it and climbed the ladder to explore. After talking to a guy who still lived on it from Burma, it turns out the ship was washed ashore in October by a typhoon. It was quite a surreal sight.

We headed back to Quy Nhon for dinner again at that Veggie restaurant again…I know 3 times in 2 days, well it was cheap and the food was fantastic. There was even mock meat that was real tasty.

Tomorrow I’m going to set off early and make my way to Nha Trang 230km away.

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