Hey guys, what's up...

I've been in Mui Ne, Vietnam for the past 6 days, and it's been a solid sideshore 20-25 knots every single day so far. A friend who left just before I arrived told me he got 35 knots...I'm kind of glad I wasn't around for that!!!! I'm told there's been only one non-sailable day so far this month. The wind kicks in around noon (sometimes earlier); mid morning there's usually a nice steady breeze for beginners to practice in.

Along Mui Ne beach there's about half a dozen Kitesurf centres, some of which have a few token windsurf rigs available, but the real windsurf hotspot is a place called "Jibe's". It's a bar, restaurant, pro shop and windsurf centre. They rent Starboards and sails by Severne and Simmer. There's about 10 foreign instructors and about a dozen Vietnamese Beach Boys to help with the gear. This place rocks!!! And, for long-termers like me with their own gear, they offer FREE storage! In fact, I can just dump my gear on the sand at the end of a hard day's sailing, and the beach boys will wash it and store it for me!! Can't ask for better than that!!

There's no proper waves, just enough of a shorebreak for wavesailors to swoop in, gybe and go tearassing out again. The swells further out can be steep enough for getting some reasonable air off, though. There's meant to be some "wave spots" somewhere around for those willing to rent a van or jeep and go there. The occasional sighting of people on motorbikes carrying surfboards would appear to bear this out...

The prices have gone up a tad, though. Rum now costs almost AUD$1.50 a bottle...daylight robbery!!!!

Leech said...

sounds like you're getting on better than in Qld

That wouldn't be hard!!!

The b@stards at customs confiscated my Vegemite, though. Apparently they are afraid of terrorists using vegemite bombs to bring down planes.

sounds like a great place to holiday for at least a month or so. Whats the best time of year for such a mission ???

I talked to a friend who has visited Vietnam. He said over there you can buy beer in a bucket for a few dong sold by roadside vendors. I am not sure if he was pulling my leg.

Though I don't have a beer belly (at least not a big one) I don't think there is anything wrong with it. It gives your mrs somewhere nice and soft for her to lay her head when tired. Also I see some sailors sporting impressive bellies and they go pretty fast.

All this talk of beer makes me want one, especially after a decent sail in Sydney at Narrabeen this afternoon.

Mobydisc said...

I talked to a friend who has visited Vietnam. He said over there you can buy beer in a bucket for a few dong sold by roadside vendors. I am not sure if he was pulling my leg.

Though I don't have a beer belly (at least not a big one) I don't think there is anything wrong with it. It gives your mrs somewhere nice and soft for her to lay her head when tired. Also I see some sailors sporting impressive bellies and they go pretty fast.

All this talk of beer makes me want one, especially after a decent sail in Sydney at Narrabeen this afternoon.

Ah, you must mean Bia Hoi; kind of crappy homebrew quality, as I remember. I suppose your friend neglected to mention that instead of serving it ice-cold, they serve it at room temp with a big chunk of ice in the glass. That's just plain WRONG!!! It has to stop! Who won the war, anyway? (oh, that's right, they did)

As for the beer belly thing, us single guys can't really afford to let ourselves go or we won't get any at all, if you catch my drift...