After a few days of rainy weather the sun came back and boy did it heat up here!

Harry's wife went to Saigon on the Hydrofoil so Mark and Harry watched little Nini to give her Grandparents a break from entertaining the precocious 4 yr old.

We decided to take her to back beach where she could play in the sand and get some energy released plus build an appetite.

Pizza in Vietnam?

After playing on the beach and returning Nini to her grandparents Mark and Harry decided to check out a nice Pizza place on Front Beach for a relaxing afternoon lunch. They advertised brick oven pizza and it sounded delicious.

We ordered a Jumbo size pizza plus 2 Heineken's and it set us back about $15US for the meal. This was a bargain considering the pizza was more than enough plus we shared a large salad of sun ripened tomatoes, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.







After about 20 minutes they delivered our delicious Brick Oven Pepperoni Pizza..it was yummy!

After lunch we decided to explore the other mountain and find the road that would take it us high above the city affording us some new views and angles on the leeward side of the Vung Tau peninsula. We were very surprised at the views from the twisty turning road.

To get to the very top of the mountain the road turning to rock and ditches and we really needed off road motorbikes to navigate. We gently rode our scooters up and around the rocks to reach the summit only to be turned around by police at the top. We were afforded a pretty good view up there but decided to take some pictures on the way back down.

There was no need to start the motorbikes so we coasted gently down and around the rocky road finally reaching the paved part where coasted quietly waving and saying "Xin Chao" to the passerby's along the way. We were amazed at how friendly the faces were and the responses and smiles we received along the way.

Here are some nice photos we took on the way up and way back -

Looking back down over Pineapple Beach one of the softer wave beaches in the Village of Bai Dau. This is a beautiful and quiet area where we love to ride our motorbikes along the twisty road with the ocean down below.

Here is a picture of Strawberry Beach which is just about an 1/8th of a mile long and the waves and very soft. This is the nicest little beach in Vung Tau and we plan on taking Nini swimming here next week.
Here is a deep view looking north towards the village of Bai Dau from high atop Big Mountain.


Harry takes a break from the rough rocks and gulches to enjoy the view while Mark captures some nice shots over Pineapple Beach.

Here's a short clip of Harry riding down beach road after lunch.