13th october

Day 3 of Vung Tau,
Off to a good start. Breakfast. More of the same of yesterday, and on our way back to the room from breakfast I saw my first ever real live Squirrel. So cute. He/she was in the tree that is in the middle of the motels.
We went out a bit later to try and find somewhere to convert some aud to Dong but were  unsuccessful. There were a couple of banks open, but one did not exchange money, and the other required a passport. And since we didn't have them with us, the teller suggested a loan shark down the road. Errmmm, I don't think so. So we went back to the motel, and exchanged money there. They charge a fee for doing so, but it seemed the easiest option, and besides, it was hot and humid outside.
Went back to our room to recuperate from the heat, thankful for air cond.
Then we decided to go and take in the huge Jesus statue that is here. Yep, simple. Go to reception and as for them to call a taxi, we wait inside, and hey presto taxi comes. We are about to get in, and another one turns up. Now, we are unsure as to if this was for us, or some other people who show up. Then the security guy comes over and tells the first taxi to move forward, and thats when the door man of the motel comes out and tells whose taxi is whose. So we climb in, and off we go, just as another taxi arrives. Riding in the taxi with the driver who doesn't speak English is like having your mouth taped. You want to strike up conversation, but that makes things more difficult if you do. We show the guy the pic of where we want to go and all is sweet.
We arrive at the destination and exit the taxi and look. Oh my god, this is going to be like an epic heart attack if we try to walk up there. This thing is perched on top of the hill, which we knew, BUT what we weren't aware of, is that you can't drive close to it.
As you know Bob and I are not the fittest of people, but I think, even some fit people would balk at this. I am a Christian, but, not that devout. So we took a pic of some of the mosaic work and then fled, via another taxi, to Silicon Siagon for a cool drink. When we entered the bar and were seated, we were given a glass of something, to which i enquired what it was from the guy when he first arrived with it. I was told it was free, hmmm but what is it. Tbe waitress came over and said it was iced tea. There was no breeze while we were at the statue, which incidentally, we did climb some of the stairs. But on the deck of the coffee bar a nice breeze blew. We watched the men in their fishing boats and were amazed to see one guy actually rowing with his feet. At first we thought this most odd, but after watching, it all made sense. He rows with his feet, so he can either throw the fishing net in, or pull the net out. It basically frees up his hands. All this while I enjoyed my blue lagoon. Bob had 2 scoops of ice cream, and guess what, it came out in a baskin robin dish.

We walked back to the motel room from here, which was a bearable stroll, even though it was still very humid.
We decided to eat in the restaurant in the motel tonight, as the heat is so stifling.