Nha Trang

We finally packed up our beach towels, and hopped on a bus to leave Mui Ne.



The plan was to finish our beach holiday, and start exploring Vietnam again. But then we found Nha Trang.

It's only 4 hours north of Mui Ne, but it's a much bigger city, right on the beach. It's a little bit Gold Coast, and a little bit Saigon. Massive resorts with roof top pools line the main strip, in front of which an old lady sells cobs of corn off the back of her bicycle. From the beach, you look our onto a dozen or so islands, which we are yet to explore.



We really really really love it here. If we hadn't booked an onward flight, we could easily spend the next 6 months in Nha Trang - lying in the sun, drinking Ca Phe Da (iced black coffee with sugar syrup), and listening to the constant honking of the Vietnamese traffic.

There are a few funny things we've noticed as tourists in Vietnam. The first is that people are fascinated with Gwil. They think he's a muscle man! The boys laugh at the size of his shoes, and point at his nipple ring. The little girls run at him and tug his shirt. The number of stares we get though are declining as we become more tanned - we were so white when we first turned up at the beach!

The reaction you get when you mention that you are from Australia is also funny. In the really tourist areas, lots of people respond with "G'day mate, how're ya going". Others mention as many Aussie symbols as they can... "Kangaroo! Koala! Sydney Opera House!". While most of the young guys here relate everything back to football.. "Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell!"

There are some more photos up on Flickr now. I'm hoping that this blog post works. We can't seem to access any blog sites anymore. We've been told it's because the further north you go in Vietnam, the more the Communist government controls the internet - and apparently they've blocked all blog sites.

If anyone didn't get the email Em sent out to all last week "Good Morning Vietnam", can you please email her... we're missing lots of email addresses of our friends.

Em and Gwil x