damn you mother nature! We give up!

Its been raining forever it seems. Since i left Cat Ba Island and headed south we've been having nothign but issues with the weather. The weather forecasters are no help either. I've checked 3 different sources and they all predict the weather incorrectly. I'm still the best weather man there is. Whats the weather going to be like tomorrow Brian? Rain. And the day after that? Rain. And for the next month? Partly cloudy but mostly rain.

According to the lonely planet and other sources, Vietnam weather is quite special. Being a costal country, its not unusual to have lots of rain, monsoons, and even typhoons (its typhoon season right now btw). But the interesting thing is not that its wet, but that its only the southern half of the country is wet during the summer and dry and warm during the winter while the reverse happens in the north.

Anyways, interesting meterological facts aside, we have decided to give up on the northern half of vietnam. We're taking the overnight train to Danang which is south of the Hi Van pass, a geological formation that splits the country in two. Its here that you are supposedly able to look north and see one type of weather (rain, mist) and look south and see a completely different type (sunshine).

I must say that i'm a little disappointed because i will be missing one major city (Hue) but in the end, all we do is sit in our room and watch tv. It just ends up being a major waste of money on hotel rooms. I'm just hoping that things will be better in the south. Looking at the sat images of the region are not too promising. It looks like some kind of major weather pattern is moving in and it will be wet everywhere. At least for the next week I believe.

But then again i'm no weather man.

-bk

PS, spell checker is not working in Vietnam for some reason, looks like you'll just have to put up with my spelling errors.