mercredi 4 novembre 2009

Mirinae storm crosses our way

We won't finish experiencing new adventures on the bus... After we left Hoi An a couple of days ago, the storm got worse along the way. The roads and houses were flooded, massive stones were falling on roads... the road we took was along the coast (only one road) and the sea had come to the road level, flooding all the trees and houses on the side.
The bus had to stop half-way as it was getting unsafe. After a day spent waiting in a windy and unpleasant restaurant, we managed to carry on and got to Nha Trang. Supposed to be a nice coast town with turquoise water and coloured fish, we've been welcome by a brown sea and devastated beach. The rain has stopped and the locals are trying to clear the beaches.
We'll head to Mui Ne tomorrow morning hoping that the weather will clear.
The storm was quite bad and the country was more affected than planned. You can view some info on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8340772.stm

On a pas fini de vivre de nouvelles experiences dans le bus... Apres avoir quitte Hoi An il y a environ deux jours, la tempete a empire sur le chemin. Les routes et maisons etaient inondees, des roches enormes tombaient sur la route... la route que nous avons pris longeait la cote (il n'y a qu'une route) et le bus a du s'arreter a mi-chemin car les conditions etaient impratiquables. Apres un jour passe a attendre dans un restaurant gris et evente, on a pu reprendre la route pour Nha Trang. La ville est supposee avoir une mer bleur turquoise avec des poissons colores, mais on a ete accuillis par une mer marron et une plage devastee par la tempete.
La tempete s'est arretee maintenant et les locaux deblaient la plage.
On partira pour Mui Ne demain, esperant que le ciel se sera eclairci.
La tempete a ete pire que prevue, vous pouvez voir des infos sur http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iLHRg_fOBnXfy437uedr8c92fSdA

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