Nha Trang Bimble
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 3 Jan 2018 23:57
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Nha Trang
Bimble
 We set off from our digs to take in
Po Nagar Towers, the bimble to takes us along the High Street, the trot after
takes in a side street and the coast road. Our first gem is a lady beavering away on an elderly Singer Sewing Machine,
loads of material in sacks beside her and on her work table boxes of thread with
many colours to choose from.
  We frequently have to skirt around
piles of rubbish.
  Complex
electrickery.
     All the shops we pass are either full
of wedding dresses, knock-off designer jeans and eateries. The more interesting
ones are the huge numbers of hardware stores stuffed
with all manor of bits and bobs.
 As we leave the Po Nagar Towers we
hope most sincerely that this young lady has secured a new
pair of trousers. Some things should really remain secret or at least
hidden from view. The population of four hundred thousand depends very much on
the tourist industry and all that comes with it.
  We cross over to cut through to the
seaside passing a newly finished shop front with drainage
run. The fish prep eateries
begin.
 We watch mesmerised as these three men
rev this very stripped down engine, head scratch,
adjust, rev, makes for great entertainment.
  We get a couple of tomatoes for our rolls for tomorrows train journey from a
sour-looking lady – that is, until we thanked her in Vietnamese when she beamed
and laughed hard. Then we see many shops selling fresh fish, so fresh they swim
about in shallow bowls each fed with fresh water and bubbles.
 A shop full of tanks is having a bit
of repair work done. This man sitting in one of the
huge tanks.
  The repair man is being watched by a
couple of eels and ‘chose your
own fish’.
  This taxi driver has simply pulled over on the main road (suppose to look like Pacific
Highway – OK if you have a super imagination) and is now catching up on Zzzz’s.
   More
electrickery and Bear poses ‘near’ a mains
cable. We watch a chap balance precariously on
the back of his bike as he does a little maintenance. We all laugh and
wave at each other and mimic balance actions.
  In the darkness of this home-made shelter is a bare mattress, completely at odds
with the fancy building next door.
 A garden
centre right on the seafront.
  A push bike left
where it fell and a mosquito-loving puddle
make this end of town particularly miserable.
  Crabs
trussed up in carry home strapping and grouper
as we once again hit the fisheries.
  Snails keen
on escape and lobster available in several
sizes.
 Bear promised me all kinds of variety for supper in the Bistro by our digs, we got there to find just coffee and
cocktails. Oh well, filled rolls from the nice lady at the mobile snack truck
opposite our place and home for a couple of good films.
ALL IN ALL THE TOWN HAS A
NICE FEEL AND INCREDIBLE FISH
THE FIRST HOLIDAY RESORT WE HAVE BEEN TO IN
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