Flooding in Vietnam

[Dan_P 5]

FYI for anyone going to Vietnam, there is flooding in parts of Vietnam.

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/40954/deadly-floods-strike-vietnam.asp

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20101101/twl-as-vietnam-floods-b416fdc.html

[BinhJerome 14]

FYI for anyone going to Vietnam, there is flooding in parts of Vietnam.

http://www.accuweath...ike-vietnam.asp

http://sg.news.yahoo...ds-b416fdc.html

When isnt there flooding in Vietnam?

Currently in HCMC there is no problems with flooding, just the occasional flooded street. I am not sure on what it is like up north, but in HCMC it is fine

[Tuanv 2]

It is fine here in the Quang Nam area too.

[Mike n Huong 1]

Well, I am here in Nha Trang and it is a mess. We arrived Sunday and it has rained the whole time except for about 8 hours. I am scheduled to return to Hanoi where the weather is beautiful right now on Thursday night, but am trying to get out of here ASAP since the taxi driver said the road to the airport is not driveable. Hopefully tomorrow it will be and I can get out since my flight back to the US is on Saturday. Due to the stress I had consumed enough alcohol this afternoon to consume my first taste of snake meat and it was suprisingly tasty.

On a very good note. My son got his visa on Thursday and him and my wife have made it home to the US. He loves his own room and has already had his first McDonalds meal with my mother. Can't wait to get home and join them.

[Tuanv 2]

Well, I am here in Nha Trang and it is a mess. We arrived Sunday and it has rained the whole time except for about 8 hours. I am scheduled to return to Hanoi where the weather is beautiful right now on Thursday night, but am trying to get out of here ASAP since the taxi driver said the road to the airport is not driveable. Hopefully tomorrow it will be and I can get out since my flight back to the US is on Saturday. Due to the stress I had consumed enough alcohol this afternoon to consume my first taste of snake meat and it was suprisingly tasty.

On a very good note. My son got his visa on Thursday and him and my wife have made it home to the US. He loves his own room and has already had his first McDonalds meal with my mother. Can't wait to get home and join them.

Congrat!

I did not know that Nha Trang got it that bad. I heard snakes are tasty anad looking forward to try one in the near future.

[lindal24 1]

Well, I am here in Nha Trang and it is a mess. We arrived Sunday and it has rained the whole time except for about 8 hours. I am scheduled to return to Hanoi where the weather is beautiful right now on Thursday night, but am trying to get out of here ASAP since the taxi driver said the road to the airport is not driveable. Hopefully tomorrow it will be and I can get out since my flight back to the US is on Saturday. Due to the stress I had consumed enough alcohol this afternoon to consume my first taste of snake meat and it was suprisingly tasty.

On a very good note. My son got his visa on Thursday and him and my wife have made it home to the US. He loves his own room and has already had his first McDonalds meal with my mother. Can't wait to get home and join them.

Playing a little role reversal, eh? hehe...

[Dan_P 5]

Congrat!

I did not know that Nha Trang got it that bad. I heard snakes are tasty anad looking forward to try one in the near future.

Some areas of Nha Trang (and surrounding) are under a meter or water during the worst of it. Nha Trang got 20.76" of rain in 48 hours. That's probably more rain than SoCal has gotten in a whole year.

Frogs are tasty too, try some if you haven't already.

[Dan_P 5]

Well, I am here in Nha Trang and it is a mess. We arrived Sunday and it has rained the whole time except for about 8 hours. I am scheduled to return to Hanoi where the weather is beautiful right now on Thursday night, but am trying to get out of here ASAP since the taxi driver said the road to the airport is not driveable. Hopefully tomorrow it will be and I can get out since my flight back to the US is on Saturday. Due to the stress I had consumed enough alcohol this afternoon to consume my first taste of snake meat and it was suprisingly tasty.

On a very good note. My son got his visa on Thursday and him and my wife have made it home to the US. He loves his own room and has already had his first McDonalds meal with my mother. Can't wait to get home and join them.

From what I've heard, the water has receded a lot from the roads in Nha Trang since yesterday, but Cam Ranh also got a lot of rain too, but maybe you're lucky.

[Mike n Huong 1]

I was awake most of the night last night worried about getting out of Nha Trang. The hotel manager was working with his friend to switch my flight to today as the weather was supposed to be a bit better. It rained almost all day yesterday except for maybe 3 hours and it rained all night long. I figured my chances of getting to the airport were gone. Suprisingly when we went and spoke to the hotel manager she advised us that the road to the airport is now open again. I said I don't care what time the fligh or flights are today I am going now before the road is closed again. I packed the suitecase and headed to the airport with my brother in law and his wife. They wouldn't let me go alone even though they were staying until tomorrow. Getting to the airport was a mess. The road leading to it is on the edge of a cliff and a mountain on the other side. The lane closest to the mountain was closed making us drive on the other side of the road. ALong our way we drove thru 1' of water at some points. There were major landslides at various points along the way with bolders as big as our car sitting in the middle of the lane we should be driving in. This road would have been closed for sure in the US, but happy enough it was open to make it to the airport. It rained there all day again. They are to be hosting Miss Earth I believe this month. Don't know how they pull it off.

Got to the airport after a dangerous trek. The flight at 1:50 was full but was put on standby. Luckily enough seats opened up for me to catch the flight. Sitting in Hanoi now drinking some Hanoi Bia!!!!!

[Dan_P 5]

Glad you made it okay! I heard today there is another storm brewing in Khanh Hoa later this afternoon. Lucky you got out in time.