Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Beach life in Nha Trang

Last night (Feb 14th) Frans treated us to a fab meal of grilled fresh lobster and king prawns, washed down with a nice bottle of wine. To finish I had my favoutite cocktail B52, for those of you not familiar it  has 3 tiers, kahlua. baileys and cointreau, yummy!

This morning we went off in a rickshaw to an aquarium which ưas good.
We spent all afternoon on the beach watching the locals sell their wares, this is what was on offer today:

All kinds of drinks including fresh coconut
10" rice crackers, made fresh thís mỏrning
Monkey nuts
A man with a box of cigarettes, disposable lighters and sweets
Man with lots of sunglasses
Lady with fresh fruit, including, pineapple, water melon, banana, mango all prepered in front of you.
Man with maps, postcards, snacks and packs of tissues
Man and wife with fresh crab, crevette and lobster, they had scales and weighed them out to price and then grilled them in front of you right on the beach on their portable barby.
The smell was great.


Pick your seafood


Now, that's what I call a prawn
And get it cooked.
The guy never took of hís crash helmet
Lady making to order and selling wrist and ankle bracelets
Many ladies offering massage, pedicures, manicures and hair removal with thread.
During the afternôn we saw a man have all hís back hảir taken off and 2 women have their lower legs done, ouch!
The ladies have a piece of tưisted thread and use their mouth and both hands to take the háir out one by one

Needless to say all the products on offer were at very reasonable prices, I love the fact that you can have all thóse things on offer without leaving your sunbed

Ok, well that's the end of Nha Trang, tonight we are on the 12hour sleeper bus (train fully booked) to
Hoi An, due to arive at 6.30 am

2 comments:

  1. Oh wow that seafood looks absolutely amazing! Glad you are having fun on the beach - today it is windy and rainy in 'sunny' Brighton :)

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  2. hey you,hope your feeling better, lots of water, glad your joining me on no drinking wine!!!!bumpstarted showing slightly. but no illness to date. photos still great, keep them coming. love kim x x x

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