Weekend getaway

Reports are done and so we decided to get away for Saturday ad Sunday.  As usual we woke up early and had a tennis game and quick dip in the pool before breakfast.  By 8am we were looking online for an escape.  WE decided on Vung Tau.  There is a hydrofoil boat that gets you there in 75 minutes.  It is a small city - about 400,000 just north of Saigon.  We arrived at 2.

WE found an authentic French restaurant and I ordered the Rose and a ravioli dish.  They had a small wine cellar and I found a bottle of 2010 Grand Cru Saint Emilion.  The price was about $40 Canadian.  A nice find here but I realized as we were coming home that it will not keep well here in the apartment due to the heat.  I was hoping to save it for a while but we may need to open it sooner.

There is long promenade along the sea shore that goes for many km.  The walkway is a beautiful marble.  In the evening the ledges were filled with people eating and visiting.

Getting ready to go out and fish.  There is a huge statue of Christ on a small mountain.  It is suppose to rival the one in Brazil.. It is 32m high and the arms stretch out to 18m.  In the photo you might notice the people on top along the arm.  That gives you a sense of how big it is.  We need to get ready to return and so did not have time to climb the 900 steps up to the statue.

This monetary is accessible during low tide.  We were back home by 4:30.  Great getaway.