Saturday, January 31, 2009

Climbing Mt. Jesus

Since time was passing slowly at Tet i decided to take a short trip to Vung Tau, a beach resort about two hours outside HCMC.

It's a pleasant little town, with nice beaches and good seafood. For some reason Vietnamese people don't usually wear swimsuits to the beach; they show up in jeans and shirts and go into the water anyway.

For reasons no one can quite explain, VT inspired a the construction of numerous huge religious statues. Probably the most striking is Mt. Jesus, who peers down on the city like a stalker hiding in the bushes:

Once you get closer, however, old JC becomes a bit more impressive, if not any less silly:

1 comment:

Danie said...

I wonder if major american cities are the only places without giant jesus statues.. alternatively, I wonder if anyone has compiled a book of "giant jesuses of the world".

And i started a blog. Not entirely sure how to use it yet.