Nha Trang
Sorry guys, Ive been slack on the blogging! we been moving a lot and having all sorts of good and bad things happen to us so i will explain as follows:
After the 12 or so hours north on the bus from Siagon we got to the beach resort of Nha Trang.
We got there at 5 in the morning and got off the bus to be mobbed by motorbike drivers, they can be a right pusy lot and a pain in the ass sometimes. We got a taxi as we had our bags and got a hotel sorted , not our first choice but it was nice and $14 per night. balcony, TV sea view and all that so was OK. The balcony had a 3 foot railing and a long drop so we stayed well clear of it!!
We crashed out that day and then checked out the town that night, went for nice food in the Sailing club, rite posh it was. Nha Trang has a lot of beach, Diving, and massage/sauna's, when I say massage its the 'special variety'
It can be a bit dodgy at night also when you are walking around late so you have to have your wits about you. We had no trouble though. We meet up with Matt and the English teachers randomly agian and spent a few nights there drinking beer on the street with the locals for 15 cents a pop, dirt cheap and the best way to drink out here. All the locals basically live on the footpaths which are full of plastic chairs and tables, makeshift restraunts and beer pumps, motorbikes and various animals. Its also full of giant rats as the rubbish and food waste is strewn about everywhere.
You cant go on the beach at night as you may well be robbed!! That was a pity.
Dee and I arranged a boat trip around the Islands which were very beautfull. We thouhgt it would be a relaxing tip with snorkelling but turned out to be a giant piss up at 11 in the morning, the crew of the boat told us all to jump into the water and we they produced a floating bar and got us all hammerd on cheap wine, it was nuts! Dee also went snorkelling for the first time in deep water and liked it. Was a lovly day and then we were dropped at an island to chill on the beach for a while. We bumped into Matt agian as he was on another boat doing the same thing.
We all went after to an aquaium with lots of mad fishy things and a few sharks, was cool.
That evening we went make and meet up with the usuall crowed and got merry untill a foriginer we did not know started getting agro with a local , it got pretty heated so we left before any shit started.
Next day I did a dive with the Americans , was really cool as I did not have my licence with me but they let me in anyway with a refresher course. Was a 18 meter dive and we went through loads of huge underwater caves and saw lots of cool reef life and fish. We surfaced and then went for another dive an bit later, shallower and clearer water , say a moray eel, nasty looking critter!
That night we left for Hoi An, one of the prettyiest towns in Vietnam, Chinese/French buildidings, like something out of a movie. It was untouched by the war so is really special.
After the 12 or so hours north on the bus from Siagon we got to the beach resort of Nha Trang.
We got there at 5 in the morning and got off the bus to be mobbed by motorbike drivers, they can be a right pusy lot and a pain in the ass sometimes. We got a taxi as we had our bags and got a hotel sorted , not our first choice but it was nice and $14 per night. balcony, TV sea view and all that so was OK. The balcony had a 3 foot railing and a long drop so we stayed well clear of it!!
We crashed out that day and then checked out the town that night, went for nice food in the Sailing club, rite posh it was. Nha Trang has a lot of beach, Diving, and massage/sauna's, when I say massage its the 'special variety'
It can be a bit dodgy at night also when you are walking around late so you have to have your wits about you. We had no trouble though. We meet up with Matt and the English teachers randomly agian and spent a few nights there drinking beer on the street with the locals for 15 cents a pop, dirt cheap and the best way to drink out here. All the locals basically live on the footpaths which are full of plastic chairs and tables, makeshift restraunts and beer pumps, motorbikes and various animals. Its also full of giant rats as the rubbish and food waste is strewn about everywhere.
You cant go on the beach at night as you may well be robbed!! That was a pity.
Dee and I arranged a boat trip around the Islands which were very beautfull. We thouhgt it would be a relaxing tip with snorkelling but turned out to be a giant piss up at 11 in the morning, the crew of the boat told us all to jump into the water and we they produced a floating bar and got us all hammerd on cheap wine, it was nuts! Dee also went snorkelling for the first time in deep water and liked it. Was a lovly day and then we were dropped at an island to chill on the beach for a while. We bumped into Matt agian as he was on another boat doing the same thing.
We all went after to an aquaium with lots of mad fishy things and a few sharks, was cool.
That evening we went make and meet up with the usuall crowed and got merry untill a foriginer we did not know started getting agro with a local , it got pretty heated so we left before any shit started.
Next day I did a dive with the Americans , was really cool as I did not have my licence with me but they let me in anyway with a refresher course. Was a 18 meter dive and we went through loads of huge underwater caves and saw lots of cool reef life and fish. We surfaced and then went for another dive an bit later, shallower and clearer water , say a moray eel, nasty looking critter!
That night we left for Hoi An, one of the prettyiest towns in Vietnam, Chinese/French buildidings, like something out of a movie. It was untouched by the war so is really special.
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