Nha Trang

After Hoi An the original plan was to head south to Ho Chi Minh City. Then we realised that the Hoi An- Ho Chi Minh bus trip was 22 hours, so we stopped off in Nha Trang, a beach resort type town about halfway down, for a couple of nights. Which turned into four nights.


The prime attraction at Nha Trang is the beach, which is the focal point of the tourist area. We spent three days lazing on the beach, without needing to leave it for any of our daily needs. At one particular seaside bar you can rent a lounger under a thatch umbrella, with the only condition being that you don't consume food or drink from any other sellers on the bar's section of beach. Did I mention that this bar has a pool, in case you get tired of swimming in salt water? And it also brewed its own beer, five different varieties?



For lunch, we walked up the beach to where old ladies were grilling crayfish over hot coals, purchased a large crayfish (or a selection of smaller crays, crabs, whelks and scallops if we wanted a bit of variety), ate it sitting on the beach, and then wandered back to our lounger. I tell you, Nha Trang was a real drag...



As an aside, please note the glorious mullet on the right, captured in Nha Trang.

The other attraction of Nha Trang was the nightlife. In Hanoi the city closed down around 1030-1130pm, whereas we could stay out to the early hours in Nha Trang without too much effort. Marie managed to beat me two- nil at pool, which I attribute to me being 'tired and emotional'.

On our last full day we went out to the local mud baths, and spent a few hours impersonating hippopotami. Pictures of us cooling our blood, and wallowing in glorious mud as follows: