Mui Ne
Travel Blogs from Mui Ne, Vietnam
Sand in all of the crevices.
... . One of the men was huge and really unattractive and the small asian girl was stunning. We raised our eyebrows. The bus at Mui Ne dropped us off coincedentally right outside where we'd decided to stay so that was easy. The place is really small, which ...
Kite Surfing Beach
Our next stop, on our way to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), was a small beach town called Mui Ne. Pursuant to the travel book over the past few years this out-of-the-way resort has had a boom in construction, but remains a slow pace town with great seafood and ...
Up and away
... pulped together to make one of the staple ingredients of every South East Asian meal, fish sauce. Mui Ne is also the kitesurfing capital of Vietnam, it has IKO schools, perfect cross-shore wind conditions that blow a consistent speed, and ...
Flying kites and reading books.
... Vietnamese coast and give it an enthusiastic thumbs up (props to Hood River Jim and John Mc from NC!). In particular, the beach at Mui Ne had come highly recommended, so we figured why not? I don't imagine there are many places on earth where you could ...
Probably the Best Game of Football in the World
... I chose to go by way of a local diver and bike. The Red Sand Dunes are one of two large sand dune areas around Mui Ne which more closely resembles a desert than it does excess beach deposits with the dunes completely filling your field of view (as well ...
Beach Time
... . Kids rent you a square of linoleum to go "sand boarding" but I'll be damned if you can slide down the dunes on those things. Mui Ne is popular with the Vietnamese as it is not far from Saigon and a great place to unwind and escape the hustle and ...
Wheely Not Windy
... . So it was back to the sun lounger for some reading. Even Dan spent half an hour reading up on the Vietnam War. The evening was a repeat of yesterday without the fish fighting. Instead this time we went mad on the calamari and white ...
Last day in Paradise (for now)
Our last day on the water was the best yet. On my first run out body dragging Wiep spotted Dan and we stopped and watched him surfing around us, it was so amazing to see him up close. He is now cruising up and down, only sinking to turn. Back on shore ...
Rescue Missions and Crocodiles
It was obvious from looking at the white caps on the sea during breakfast that we were in luck for wind today. We split up and headed straight to our respective schools, really excited about getting on the water. Mikey and I gave up on the Russian bikini ...
Mui Ne Nights..
... a mile out of town. Not much to report here, we simply bummed by the pool for 3 straight days and loved every minute of it. Sucks to be you! Guess that's about it for Mui Ne. Next Pod - Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Love, Nath and ...
Vietnam's Coast - Nah Trang and Mui Ne
... curl up in a ball and sleep all the way... and we also met up with Roxy that day, as she was on our bus! Mui Ne is a pretty small town with just one very long, very straight road running along the coast. There is a "rumour" amongst backpackers ...
Kite Surfing and Shark wrestling
We woke up very excited about meeting up with Dan and Clare. We spent the early morning checking out loads of lovely beach resorts, and eventually decided on a basic but really friendly and cheap one, reasoning that as we are going to be kite ...
Back in Nam
... the sea out of control with massive powerful kites, akin to being dragged along by an extremely pissed man in a helicopter! This was in Mui Ne, one of the top 5 kitesurfing beaches in the world. We've now been trying to get up each morning to go diving ...
Surreal surroundings on the sea shore
... the ones that fought most fiercely) are now the most poverty stricken as these economies belatedly rush towards a market-based economy. Mui Ne (pronounced (pron. Moo Ni) the tourist destination is better off than most - a strip of resorts, restaurants ...
Sand Dunes?
On my arrival at Mui Ne I headed straight for the famous sand dunes and rock formations. These are something no-one associates with Vietnam, and at times it was like being in a desert- the dunes were endless. As soon as I arrived at the dunes I was ...
Hit the beaches and northbound!!!
... Vietnam and Cambodia. After saying our farewells we headed back up the coast to "Ni Trang", a coastal resort much larger than "Mui Ne" but still very nice and relaxed, beautiful stretch of beach, we both had massages and I assisted in providing all the ...
Hotel Hopping
... he had to lean a little too close for comfort to be heard and added another unwanted dimension to the heat/grit/smell befuddlement. Mui Ne is nothing much more than a strip of buildings, most of them resorts, along a beautiful palm fringed beach with ...
Swapping the bikes for an Ostrich
We woke to more very strong winds so got to our schools early before it became too much. Another great morning's kiting Mikey – standing for longer Dan – whizzing up and down on the board Clare – in the water with the board nearly ...
Vietnam smells of fish
... spoke no English but thats the better alternative to me!) and set of down the road inhaling the fresh sea air. Actually not quite. Mui Ne is beautiful but it has a big downfall - it stinks of fish. Not surprising since theres a big fishing trade here ...
Scraps of ideas
Today we chilled around our beach hut and caught up on our travel journal story, jotting down our trip to date and highlighting moments of woe and those of glory. I'd had my heart set on trying out the latest water sport craze where you surf with a ...
Sand Fly Mui Ne
We discovered our favorite beach restaurant here in Mui Ne where most days we scoffed on fresh spring rolls, seafood and our delicacy, egg and prawn soup. We ate here pretty much every lunch time and most evenings (as did everyone else who had tried it ...
Beach Bums in Vietnam
... a milkshake on the beach. For fellow travelers we recommend: - Munching on BBQ fish while dangling your feet in the sand at Mui Ne Resort - Enjoying the sunset at Pogo Bar (excellent vibe and decent live music) - Of course the sand dunes which Mui ...
Peace and Quiet at Mui Ne Beach
... on wheels, that we had become quite accustomed to, and no near death experiences yet - thank goodness!! So, we arrived in Mui Ne at around midday yesterday, dismissing the fact that the sun was at its hottest, we carried our bags 3kms along the busy ...
Laid back
... the open tour bus and headed South again for our next destination stop -Mui Ne famous for its fish sauce. We were expecting Mui Ne to have a fishy smell that would permeate the air all of the time, however it wasn't really that bad and hardly ...
New Record Set
... on foot to slide down. Looked very good fun. The last 18 miles were very hot and very hectic. It turns out that Mui Ne is actually a little fishing town several miles before the 10km stretch of beach which constitutes the tourist area. We spent quite a ...
Mui Ne
Hi Guys, You can read our update from Vietnam in our entry from Vientiane, Laos Peoples Dem Rep entitled 'Touring Vietnam with the Irish and Rum!'. Cheers, K & ...
Luxury on the Beach
Staying in an amazing place, Ngoc Suong Resort in Mui Ne. I know, I know, back in 10 days and still no updates about Vietnam. Two excuses. First, the internet (in particular Yahoo) is really slow here. Second, hangin on the beach making top ten ...
Sand Sledding
... red, yellow and white dunes, the red canyon and the 'fairy stream'. Looking back on it, i don't know how i convinced myself that Mui Ne was worth visiting, i mean I'd just been to Nha Trang, a really nice beach in 'a happening town', and anyone who did A ...
Sand Dunes and Polluted Beaches
... river getting covered in red sand which does not brush off. We were here to hopefully sandboard on the famous dunes of Mui Ne. Unfortunately sandboarding was out of the question, but sledding was possible. We were accosted everywhere we walked by people ...
Sahara of Vietnam
Mui Ne, Vietnam - Arriving to the chilled out beach area of Mui Ne took only five or so hours! I compare it to Punta del Diablo in Uruguay, where backpackers head their instead of the touristy Punta del Este, or Nha Trang in Vietnams case. I have no ...

