Pirate Island
Trip Start
Mar 08, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 02, 2008
Con Dao,
Vietnam
Monday, March 17, 2008
we've survived our first flight in vietnam airlines....... it was on a 62 seat, 2 prop little flying thingy that makes a whole lotta noise while ascending and makes everything vibrate, incluing your glass of vietnamese tap water, the only thing you get served on the 45mn flight....... luxury!
we were sitting right next to one of the spinning props, centimetres from our window....... it's a bit disconcertating........
but then, movie like, the plane turns to the right and throught the clouds, between the prop and the window, you see the ocean and this green, mountainous little island....... i felt like Indiana Jones flying over Devil's Island to rescue.....hhmmm...... some type of important and highly precious stone, of course.......
then de descending starts, and because the airplane is so light it feels like you're free-falling at times...... highly recommend it........
so now we're at Con Son, the biggest island in the Con Dao archipelago....... deserted beaches, mountains and a whole lot of sea-food and swimming.........
a bit of history:
in 1703 the British East India Company tried to settle here, but in a moment of pure intelligence, they decided to hire Bugis mercenaires from Sulawesi (a.k.a. head-hunters) to begin construction........ three years later, all the british commanders were dead and the Bugis went on pillaging happily ever after......
so in come the French around 1850's and use this island as a penal colony........ this is the home of the pier 914 (estimate number of prisioners who died constructing it) and the infamous and gruesome tiger-cages and whoever read Papillon or watch the movie with Steve McQueen will know what i'm talking about.......
Sweet..........
well, of we go now for some mountain trekking and motorcycle ridding around the island........
Comments
mountains in the sea!
and yes to indiana jones! surely you can find some monkey brains and juicy juice beetles for munchings....
sounds so swell... and i got to tell you, i feel silly now being mother duck to you two... i'm starting to be convinced that the office is more of a death trap than anything you kids will see! lots of things have been trying to kill me! me!
i'll spare you the details, but the last event left me with a lump on my noggin and less brains....
mmmm..... brains....
xxx
Keep on!!!
Força prima..continua a passear e a comer muito!!!lol..mete fotos ai que eu quero ver...continua a viajar e ve se passas por aqui...lol..
bjs..
faster than a speeding bullet
noice.....
sounds almost as good a ride as me new motar....twitch was picked up last week chez club T.....muchos grassy arse for this btw... and it goes so well with go-faster-stripe reapplied.... feel the new found balance.....
so sounds like ur having a ball as expected...keep up the good work and keep the blog a-flowing as it make me chucklesome...especially the portuguese bits....scorchio....chris waddle.
missin u both like a bad case of gastro and btw its kashmir beige NOT gold..... which is nice...
louts of love,,stevo
faster than a speeding (kashmir beige)bullet
Hi de hi Mr.Boss!
Glad to hear the Bondmobile is in safe hands and is behaving well............I always thought it could do with some speed holes..........you know the bullet type..............but now thats up to you!
Having a sweet adventure so far, although I do fancy a curry..........but we don't have to wait too long for that!
Oh yeah commiserations for your poor Dockers..........i noticed that there choke rate is still reliably high!
Anyhoo love to ya and we'll be in touch soon....
ps the submersible button and torpedo switch is located behind the CD player, although i'm afraid there are no drink holders.......you'll have to mention that to M next time you see her.