Nha Trang Part Deux

Back in Nha Trang again we decided to treat ourselves to another meal at CIAO Vietnam and then got a brand new motorbike and headed towards the Spa and Mineral springs. They are located about 2.5km down this dirt track (which was interesting). We arrived and got a mud bath and mineral spa for $10 each, after which we went into the swimming pool, but not for long as it was 38 degrees! When we left it was dark and rush hour traffic which was more then interesting, weaving in and out of traffic..it's actually quite fun!

Nha Trang

We decided to get a motorbike today, this is probably the busiest spot I've driven in SE Asia, but it was a fun experience. The key to not crashing is to be as reckless as you can and hands on the back AND front brakes, there seems to be a mutual understanding that people will stop sort of a zip like motion.

Fun aside we decided to head to one of the Pagodas, unfortunately the usual dickheads were trying to squeeze every penny they could from the foreigner, trying to charge me for parking on the footpath, the security guard came out and told me I could park it on the other side of the entrance, he then asked for double what the guy outside wanted, he was told where to go, it's a shame as opportunists like this will do more damage then good to the tourist industry here.

We headed across the bridge to the Po Nghar Cham Towers, the place is being restored at present but still a beautiful piece of architecture. We watched the afternoon prayer and headed back to the coast line and drove towards all the scenery.

We dropped the bike back and enroute found a place that sells beer for 7000 dong (0.33 US cents), we went in here and decided to grab a bite to eat (Ciao Vietnam 74 Nguyen Thien Thuat St). We had a pizza, the most Asian of food...but it was damn tasty and fresh, I recommend this place highly the staff brought out a mixed fruit dish after to us, and I said we didn't order and she said 'Free for you' ,when we called the bill they also gave us two shots on the house! There was another of repeat customers in this place, and Its a shame we only fund this place when we were leaving.

I forgot to mention we get on the 6:30pm sleeper bus for a 11 hour Journey to Hoi An....lovely

Nha Trang

Not too sure on this place as of yet, it's not as personable as Mui Ne, but does offer some delights, we had a pretty chilled out day today went to the beach, and shopping for a bikini for Tina (It only took about 4 shops this time!)..The beach itself is nothing special but there was a nice resort on the beach called the Louisianna Brewery, it's a microbrewery that has it's own pool and is pretty good value considering it's location...I recommend the pilsner here.

...maybe this place will grow on me. (and yes that's a picture of a dog enjoying th finer things in life!)