Good afternoon viewers from BM reporting from HCM city ... south of the devastated region of Quang Nam central vietnam .... area has been devastated by the typhoon and we're glad we got out. Spoke to Nadine (my friend at CHIA) this morning by text ... she said place is a mess, but what a "party" it was ... Flooding big time now and no power ... Sadly more than 30 people have been killed, mud slides and landslides galore ... but honestly there is going to be a lot more deaths that the government will ever admit too ... (the would lose face by being honest and saying that things are bad). We were thinking of heading into Cambodia ... but now the storm has hit there and people are reported as being killed in there too ... so we might just sit for a while.
Just looked at the blog and saw the last few photos we uploaded from the restaurant ... the restaurant will be totally underwater now ... and the news here says that it could be the worst flooding since 1964 ... and the rivers were still rising. Cheryl and I enjoyed a 2 hour river cruise on the river and the river system on Sunday evening ... and took lts of great photo's, but I'm thinking that lots of that area will have washed away now ... certainly the electric wires which were strung across the river ... aout 6 foot above water level ... that had flourescent tubes, which came on when dark came ... to guide boats away from the lights ... well ... they are sure to be gone.
Other tropical storms forming off the phillipines now and may head our way as well ... looks like we'll have to be backpackers for a while ... we're going to stay safe (and hope that our possessions back in Hoi An are above water) ... they should be ... on the first floor ... and hopefully the Hoang Thinh will still have walls and a roof ... guess we'll just have to wait and see ...
Time for food ... we eat lots over here ... Oh .... Cambantrin: ..... It works !! (no pictures) ... :o)
Take care all ..... from the 5 of us .... xxxx
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