Friday 30 April 2010

The killer waves of Nha Trang



Nha Trang is quite nice. Its a coastal town and is very popular holiday destination. We stayed here for 2 days before moving on. On the first day we went to the beach and then prepared to have a dip in the sea. The beach had quite a sharp drop into the wavy sea and as we were walking in we became slowed down because our feet sinking into the waterlogged sand where sand and sea met. At this point a giant 2 meter wave rolled in over our heads and crashed down upon us throwing us onto our backs on the sand. As the wave dispersed from whence it came, it uncovered Eri and I who were shocked, stunned and covered in gritty sand.......


Needless to say Eri did not go in the water after that, and I only went in once more. The method for entering the sea was to wait for the killer waves to calm down and then time your run into the sea so that when a big wave did come, you were already in the sea. All you had to do then was do a little leap and let the wave carry you up in the air. This method was deduced following careful observation of other people, whom did it both successfully and unsuccessfully.

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