Our breakfast this morning was at a little Noodle stand that sold pork liver and pork blood con gee it was a typical Vietnamese local stall where everyone sits on low plastic stools and eat off a small plastic table..again we just ate whatever everyone had,,surprisingly I have not had the runs yet after eating street food for 9 days but Lou had it on the 2 nd day after eating some sauce with "Belacan" (shrimp paste)..later we went to the wet market to find fruits..we bought rambutans,dragon fruits and we also bought some local Vietnamese cakes(kuih) then I went looking for some batteries.
we then went to have coffee at a nice trendy coffee shop next to a hotel...the place is pack with local on this Saturday morning enjoying the coffee,,they had old parachute as shades..very ingenious..coffee is very good as usual.. A young trendy Vietnamese guy from the next table said hello and came over to ask where we were from He spoke good English..later we found out he was a "Viet Khieu" (overseas Vietnamese..those who have fled Vietnam as refugees he is now living and working in Houston Texas with his father and mother,he then invited us back to his sister's house for Lunch...we rode our bicycle there and met his sisters and younger brother who was all waiting to migrate to the U.S. the lunch that his elder sister cook was fantastic we had calamari..beef with lemongrass.some kind of soup and he let us try some of his home brewed rice wine,after Lunch we all went to another coffee shop in another hotel by the beach..in fact it was the same beach we were staying on but this was the southern end ..its a very very long crescent shape beach...Lou said it reminded him of his hometown..Gurney Drive....after the coffee Phoung said He will take us for Local fish Noodles tomorrow for breakfast the local specialty of Qui Nhon town
After we had a rest back at the Hotel we went for dinner next door to Babara's,its a Seafood restaurant..we had seafood fried rice and a specialty of the restaurant called "LAU" which is similar to our steam boat but this is with Mackerel fish and veggies and you eat the soup and veggies with "BUN" rice vermicelli the soup is like the thai "tom yum" slightly spicy and sour and a little bit sweet ...so after that I am now at the inter-net cafe typing up the days blog...... tomorrow another day for me in Quin Nhon ..maybe Lou will start to cycle to Nha trang.....
Saturday, September 13, 2008
12 sept Sa Huynh to Qui Nhon 120 Km
Today was even harder than 2 nd day ,Hoi An to Quang Ngai.as there were many small hills to climb,
at the 2 nd hill my legs couldn't pedal any more so I have to get off the bike and push it up the Hill,,and at the third Hill I too couldn't pedal as well so I push again but luckly it was time for lunch..I actually didn't see Lou stop at ther next restaurant but I stop for a drink at the first one as I was having my drink Lou found me and toild me that he had already ordered Lunch at the other restaurant...
Lunch today was a simple 1 plate rice and some meat , vegies and omlette, we rested a little bit than usual as there was another Hill waiting ahead..but I seems to finf a little bit more strength after lunch to tackle this hill, Qui Nhon seems much futher than what it said on the book... we had to look out for a turn off to Qui Nhon from Highway 1...after the nest rest stop we ask a local man where the turn off was he said its after Duie tri town..at the turn off to Quin Nhon it was still another 18 km to the actual town of Quin Nhon,..by the time we got in to the town of Qui Nhon it was again dark..so we had to locate the backpakers hotel called "babara's backpacker" It was on the Lonely planet boook as 18, Nguyen Hue st..but after a few turns we got lost I took off ..in another direstion and lost Lou..I eventually foubd Nguyen Hue street but the hotel was not ther I rode up and down the street 5 times but still no sign of Babara's then my mobile phone rang and it was Lou he found it on the waterfront, road but it was not Nguyan Hue...later I found out from Babara herself that they had moved but lonely planet did not update it..anyway Babara is a new zealand lady who had a backpackers hotel before on Nguyen Hue St but now she open a cafe called babara's cafe..but ajoining her cafe is a hotel called"Lan Anh Hotel" it is over looking the sea and had nice rooms air condition for $ 17 U.S dollars a night so we took it we were so tired that night..I ordered a seafood curry after shower downstaris at Babara'a cafe..it turn out to be whiteman's curry so light and so tasteless..this must be the worst meal I ever had...so far we have had really good food cheap and tasty never went over $ 20 per meal for 2 of us..aftewr that it was bed time...I have told Lou that I will catch the bus to Nha Trang coz the next 2 days will be up hill and this time really steep climb my thighs are beginning to hurt so bad ...and this is not even half way on our trip yet..so I decided to skip this 2 days and catch a bus ,,Lou will continue to cycle so I will wait for him in Nha Trang.....
at the 2 nd hill my legs couldn't pedal any more so I have to get off the bike and push it up the Hill,,and at the third Hill I too couldn't pedal as well so I push again but luckly it was time for lunch..I actually didn't see Lou stop at ther next restaurant but I stop for a drink at the first one as I was having my drink Lou found me and toild me that he had already ordered Lunch at the other restaurant...
Lunch today was a simple 1 plate rice and some meat , vegies and omlette, we rested a little bit than usual as there was another Hill waiting ahead..but I seems to finf a little bit more strength after lunch to tackle this hill, Qui Nhon seems much futher than what it said on the book... we had to look out for a turn off to Qui Nhon from Highway 1...after the nest rest stop we ask a local man where the turn off was he said its after Duie tri town..at the turn off to Quin Nhon it was still another 18 km to the actual town of Quin Nhon,..by the time we got in to the town of Qui Nhon it was again dark..so we had to locate the backpakers hotel called "babara's backpacker" It was on the Lonely planet boook as 18, Nguyen Hue st..but after a few turns we got lost I took off ..in another direstion and lost Lou..I eventually foubd Nguyen Hue street but the hotel was not ther I rode up and down the street 5 times but still no sign of Babara's then my mobile phone rang and it was Lou he found it on the waterfront, road but it was not Nguyan Hue...later I found out from Babara herself that they had moved but lonely planet did not update it..anyway Babara is a new zealand lady who had a backpackers hotel before on Nguyen Hue St but now she open a cafe called babara's cafe..but ajoining her cafe is a hotel called"Lan Anh Hotel" it is over looking the sea and had nice rooms air condition for $ 17 U.S dollars a night so we took it we were so tired that night..I ordered a seafood curry after shower downstaris at Babara'a cafe..it turn out to be whiteman's curry so light and so tasteless..this must be the worst meal I ever had...so far we have had really good food cheap and tasty never went over $ 20 per meal for 2 of us..aftewr that it was bed time...I have told Lou that I will catch the bus to Nha Trang coz the next 2 days will be up hill and this time really steep climb my thighs are beginning to hurt so bad ...and this is not even half way on our trip yet..so I decided to skip this 2 days and catch a bus ,,Lou will continue to cycle so I will wait for him in Nha Trang.....
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