Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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That night it was Indochine for dinner. The menu.



The welcome coughtail was based on orange.

As she doesn't do spicy food Mrsdrron had 2 appetisers. The beef tataki and the foie gras and mushrooms. She liked both.


I had the Tom yum soup which was ordinary and then the Osso buco Szechuan style. It was very tender and flavorsome.




We both finished with their creme brulee which is fantastic.

 

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The next day was a sea day and lunch was on the pool deck. Mrsdrron had her usual Caesar salad with chicken and I had a variety from the buffet they do on sea days.










Then Mrsdrron had the Eton Mess and I the cheesecake.

 

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Dinner was back in Atlantide.




Mrsdrron started with the laced prawn and then had the lobster.

I started with the curried cauliflower and then lobster salad both of which were nice.




I then had the steak Rossini. Again a very good steak.


When we got back to the suite just caught the last of the sunset.

 

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The next morning we were docked in Da Nang. Once again a magnificent view from the Cruise terminal.




But all the busses and vans were there.






Then I was off on the Exploring Cham Civilisation excursion. First of all through stacks of containers.

 

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We were approaching our first destination the My son ruins.

 

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Finally the destination.

 

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I really didn't know what to expect. It was a reasonably long walk from the ticket office through the jungle before we first set eyes on the ruins.

 

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A lot of restoration has been done over the years. if there is cement it is restoration and if nothing between the bricks it is original we were told.

Quite a few tourists but not totally crowded. It was also quite humid.

 

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After crossing the creek more ruins.

 

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There were some security people who did need to warn some that they should not climb over the ruins. Usually they were the influencer type.

Now though time to walk back to the bus passing the restaurant and souvenir shop.






A butterfly stopped long enough for me to get a photo.


Then back on the bus to Da Nang to visit a marble workshop/tourist trap.



Woodchips.

 

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We visited Da Nang in 1999. We had a private tour from Saigon to Hanoi with different guides in Saigon, Hoi An, Da Nang, hue and Hanoi. In Da Nang we were taken to a narrow street with marble statues being Carved by hand. Marble dust was everywhere. You could only buy Marble items there. Now on a new wide road there are gaudy establishments selling a whole range of "hand made" crafts that are obviously mass produced in factories.

 

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As the saying goes with a slight change -people have destroyed what they came to enjoy.

We now headed to the Cham Museum.

 

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And now into the museum.