A rainy day in Vung Tau

A Rainy day slows things down in Vung Tau

Tuesday January 19th 2010 - A storm came in off the South China Sea and stopped our motorbiking and exploring of Vung Tau for a day so we went to Ba and Me's house for a wonderful lunch of Bun Thiet Num a Vietnamese specialty of

Rice Noodles

Mint

Sugar Cane Grilled BBQ Pork

Spring rolls

Fish sauce and pickled carrots

Hot Chiles

Here is the link if you want to make at home!

http://savorysweetlife.com/2009/04/spring-is-here-vietnamese-inspired-bbq-pork-salad/

Bún tôm, thịt nướng - pronounced "Boon tum thit numg"

After lunch Thoa, Mark, Nini and I went to a Big Vietnamese Supermarket to get some items we needed plus stuff for dinner.

Here are some things that are indigenous to the Vietnamese palate -


One of the items are larvae of some kind of insect that is a real delicacy and they like the cream inside. I of course am not that willing to try that but Thoa said it is delicious.

Ummmm yummy Larvae of insect!!!!!!!!!!

Rainy day taxi ride through back streets of Vung Tau

After bringing Thoa and our little girl Nini back to her parents house the taxi driver took us back to our hotel for a rainy afternoon of relaxing and surfing the web. It gave me a chance to update the blog and add some pictures and video.

It was actually really nice to have a relaxing day without running around and being able to get some much needed rest. The weather will be better tomorrow so hopefully we can get back to riding around on our motorbikes as we really love zipping around and seeing the ocean.

Here is a view of the swimming pool and grounds from our new Hotel room in Front Beach. We can see the pool as well as the South China Sea and the Vung Tau harbor. At night when it isn't rainy there is lots of activity as all the kids come out here to pose with their girlfriends and show off their couture and flashy motorbikes. I will add some video of this in one of my next blogs



Room with a nice view $55 US