Mui Ne

18 kms of beautiful beach, our own private bungalow right near the sand, massages being offered by beach hawkers, 35 degree heat, and fresh fruit plates brought to our room each afternoon.

It's pretty nice here!

We caught a bus to Mui Ne from Saigon yesterday morning. The ride takes about 3 hours normally, but ours took about 5. Our bus broke a few minutes after leaving, and the driver got out his spanner and his spare timing belts, and set about fixing the problem himself. We made it here fine, so I guess he did a good job!

Em's first taste of Vietnam-belly set in yesterday afternoon, but she's much better today. And if there's anywhere in Vietnam to be sick, this is the place, as there's not much else to do except laze around in the sun. We've done lots of lying in padded chairs on the beach, drinking mango juice, and we've been swimming in the South China Sea (but the water is HOT!)

We're going to see the sand dunes tomorrow (you can toboggan down them), and we're going to try to check out a restaurant down the road where you can buy your seafood live from the tank and they cook it right there (I know you can do this in Sydney too... but it's all so cheap here!)