Travel Diary >>> Phan Thiet - a coastal city

 

 

Written by:                          Phan Thiet - a coastal city

 

 

 

 

The last day in Mui Ne, I tried so hard to get up early and to see the sun rising from the sea. However, I failed because of my room was on the West, and the sunrise was hidden by other rooms and resorts.

I had a free day, so I decided to visit Phan Thiet city. It took about 20 km from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet, and renting a motorcycle seemed to be the great idea. It was not so smoothly, when I needed 20 minutes to find a petrol station and was intimidated about the bad quality of the rented motor by Xe-Om drivers. However, nothing could stop me to drive the old motorcycle to Phan Thiet

 

I love travelling by motorcycle, the most convenient vehicle allowing me to enjoy the natural beauty. The way from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet was a flat paved coastal road. One side of the road's covered by the green of trees, another's full with blue of ocean. The road seemed to spread to immense. Phan Thiet had coastal city’s features, boats were parked everywhere, in the harbor, next to the bridge as normal as cars parked in the parking place. Most of ships were in blue, sometimes they liked invisible in the blue water and sky, if people did not recognize the national red flag in the top of ships. Not noisy and gaudy as Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, Phan Thiet was small-but-thriving with crowded markets and densely populated areas.

 

I had read about Po Sah Inu Cham Tower in Phan Thiet and asked some local people for the way to come there. I had to be very patient to understand local voices which difficult to understand. Po Sah Inu was worth seeing. It was not a big but small Cham Tower, including three intact towers. Climbing higher, I saw some blockhouses using in the war which I could sit on and have a panoramic view of Phan Thiet city. I had a short conversation with a guy who came from Vung Tau. He talked about his passion for travel and I was totally agree that To Travel is to Live.