White Sand Dunes Mui Ne

... Seeing as I figured I wouldn't be doing much else at 4am I decided yesterday to go watch the sunrise over the Red Sand Dunes (Mui Ne's other attraction besides the beach) and after the debacle that was the My Son sunrise tour (see previous entry here) I ...

... guide called Moet, delivered the true reward of the visit. Thirty kilometres out of town and simply known as the 'White Sand Dunes', this collection of immense sand ridges dotted by foliage-ringed lakes induced mirage-like scenes in my mind. The lush ...

... that long ago, nature always has a way of coming back again, it's a survivor no matter what humankind does to it. The white sand dunes stretch for about 4km and are just on their own, you can see the tree tops where the sand has shifted with time and ...

... we staggered out of the restaurant...bloated...all for less than 4 pounds for both of us! There are some red and white sand dunes to explore nearby, and a river with some sandstone rock formations...so if we can pull ourselves off of the sand and out ...

... Silly boy...soggy Scott... Explored the Fairy Stream and the non-existant 'Waterfall', saw the fishing village and even explored the White Sand Dunes and the many Sarlac mounds. Who knew the Sarlac had migrated to Viet Nam. (little hard to see so use ...

... is plenty, and fun to watch.. lessons cost $240/5hrs so we passed) Mui Ne is famous for it's stretch of red and white sand dunes. Instead of booking a tour we decided to rent a bike and drive the 25km to see the white dunes on our own. We arrived ...

... took the best way to explore and got lost.    Not only did we see the awesome sights of desert-like, pure white sand dunes but we found ourselves in what I can only assume is the real Mui Ne, a busy but ramshackle fishing village where women sat ...

... for long and come lunchtime it was back on a notehr bike and burning for 40ks in the diretion of the much raved about, White Sand Dunes. Bella gladly accompanied me again and it was a really nice outing... Many stops ont he way were made as we ...

... back and spend longer exploring - and perhaps staying in more rural out of the way places on these amazingly undeveloped beaches. The white sand dunes we spotted a mile or so off - inland next to a blue lake - what a scene! Interesting that they were no ...

... a motorbike rather than pay $25 for a topur of the local sights.  The sights included yellow and white sand-dunes, a red canyon, a pink stream with a waterfall, cham ruins, and fishing villages.  Got some good pics, ...

... lat day we hired a jeep and driver who took us to the local sights - Fairy Stream, Red Canyon and the red & white sand dunes. Fairy stream was a tream which was no more than 4 inches deep that you could walk in which had a few small waterfalls at the ...

... On the right side of the stream, a wild rain forest guided the way.  The other side was lined with pure white sand dunes.  Pho seemed to enjoy our enthusiasm with his stream, and showed us everything he knew about the area.  The waterfall ...

... so I was happy! We did a sunrise trip at 4:30am! We must be mad! We were meant to be taking a jeep to see the White Sand Dunes at sunrise but our jeep broke down about 3 times there, so missed sunrise, and broke down another 3 times on the way back! We ...

... are talcum-powder white beaches with crystalline water.  The weather has been great since arrival.  Tomorrow I will rent a moto and drive to the Red Canyon and Red and White sand dunes...hopefully for some wicked sand boarding!  YES!

... tour to see some of the sights yesterday afternoon - we went to a local fishing village, and we went out to see some huge white sand dunes. You could even take a sledge and slide down the dunes if you wanted! It was really breezy when we were there, so we ...

... .  Never complain about your desk jobs at home everyone!! Not far away but a little inland, there are some stunning white sand dunes sculptured by the wind.  As soon as we arrived local children ran up and clamoured to act as our guide or ...

... in the pictures actually did not make us as hot as it looked.  Our last stop on the tour was the white sand dunes which were located approximately 40 km from Mui Ne  (11° 4' 8.71" N 108° 25' 47.67" E).  It took us about 30 minutes ...

... first....pretty, but not amazing..... got monsooned on for a few minutes and then we hoppped back on to see some white sand dunes. Again..... not super impressive but pretty. The coolest part of the day was checking out a fishing village. Boats by the ...

... hiked all over for some good photos.  We took a bit of a break before the 45 minute drive to the white sand dunes.  Passing gorgeous landscapes along the way, we eventually see the white sands in the distance.  Coming closer, we notice ...

... I stayed to see the Sand Dunes.  The following day Gunta and I got up at 4.30am and got a jeep to the White Sand Dunes to watch the sunrise.  But it was cloudy so we never saw the sun!  It was still beautiful and we got to do ...