Nha Trang, Vietnam Travel Blogs

Three blissful days in Nha Trang, a beautiful if somewhat bland seaside resort. It is such a foreign enclave full of western bars and sun-fried beach bums that the Vietnamese character has been heavily diluted. Ask me if I cared. Not at all. I was just ...

A travel blog entry by luolan
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Much of the diving in Vietnam is done off the coast of Nha Trang. There is a marine park here and the multitude of diving schools are very competitive with their pricing. Seeing as it had been a while since my last dive (thirty four months) I opted for a ...

A travel blog entry by jawad
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... lunch we headed for a walk around Dam market and then to the beach for a laze about. 4pm is a perfect time in Vietnam particularly Nha Trang. The sun starts to sink and the temperature drops and here a lovely sea breeze comes in. This is when the beach ...

A travel blog entry by lizandsimon
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... dip in thermal hot springs. Although Ed has dived some exotic destinations on this trip, funny enough, the diving off the coast of Nha Trang was one of his most memorable dives ever. Not because of the coral or crystal clear water, but because he had a ...

A travel blog entry by edamame
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... Blue Diving Club which is owned by French people from Paris. (There are a lot of French people tourists in Vietnam and particularly in Nha Trang.) There were a French couple (who combined had over 200 dives under their belts), six Swedes and three Brits ...

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin
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... bill came to around 15 quids each ... it included accommodation and a free gift from the hotel ! We have just arrived in Nha Trang on a night bus...a lovely looking town on the coast.  We will prob be spending most of our time checking out ...

A travel blog entry by thomaswguy
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... I drove through in New Zealand...minus the vendors heckling you to buy snacks and fruit at every rest stop of course. Nha Trang is Vietnam's premier beach resort, and we arrived on a public holiday (on a Wednesday?) so the beach was packed with people. ...

A travel blog entry by jawad
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... merely days (or hours) before consuming. A warning to those people who can't hold their beer: We were really using Nha Trang as a pleasant overnight transit stop so we do not have a lot of photos here. However we did take the opportunity ...

A travel blog entry by adamandeva
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... a room for less than half the price of a single. Plus I would then get to stay with three Swedish girls. Nha Trang is Vietnam's big beach area, and is Vietnamese for "Surfer's Paradise." Mild tackiness aside, it is an absolutely beautiful beach town, ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... are everywhere in Asia (we can blame the Japanese for that) but the only ones we could find were private room versions. Onto the Nha Trang Sailing Club - "the" place for westerners - but is nice - with the sea yards away, had a few drinks and was nicely ...

A travel blog entry by shaunduvall
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... it was a pretty easy ride really. The bus was only half full so we got a lot of seats to ourselves. When we arrived in Nha Trang, we all headed straight down to the beach. Me & Pete spent most of the time in the sea just pratting about like a couple of ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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Today was a Do-Nothing day as Lorna was just about dead!! I went for breakfast across the road for a big fry-up at about 10.30 - but strangely, Lorna wasn't interested. She stayed in bed until I got back. I managed to haul her out of bed and get her ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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Hello dear readers, So we had a nice enough bus ride here, sunset and all. The bus man tried to take us to a hotel a bit out of town, but we stuck to our guns and kept on for nearer to the backpacker haunts. I (ER) sat in a cafe and played connect 4 ...

A travel blog entry by emmaandemma
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... the bus journeys.  This journey was another overnight 12 hour long ride and should have left Hoi An at 6pm and arriving in Nha Trang at 6 the following morning.  Our next location, Jungle Beach was an hour north of Nha Trang so all in all we ...

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters
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... we had been cheated out of some sun, sea and sand in rainy Sri Lanka (feels like years ago!) we head over to Nha Trang on the coast of Vietnam for some beach action.    Eight hours on a train and nearly 60 games of sh*thead later (no joke), we ...

A travel blog entry by mikeandmarisha
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12/1/04 Another day, another flight. We were to catch the 2.20pm flight to Nha Trang, Vietnamís foremost seaside resort as well as being a former US airbase. Well, it was supposed to be the 2.20pm flight til we looked closer at the tickets which read ...

A travel blog entry by escapetherace
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Hya Everyone, How are you? Hope you're all suffering the cuts of a thousand Valentines cards! We have been in Nha Trang for the last few days which is a beautiful beach town. There are a lot of tourists here and so the obligatory bars and restaurants ...

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea
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... refuge (and food) in a cafe. When Viet Nam was part of French Indochina (1884-1954 for all you history buffs) Nha Trang was a popular holiday destination, and French influences can be found in the architecture and menus all around the town (and there's ...

A travel blog entry by dazzla
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... bus journey {/sarcasm}. Once I'd caught up on some stolen sleep we went for a wander to check out what Nha Trang, the beach capital of Vietnam, had to offer. Unsurprisingly then we only really found the beach which was actually not quite as nice as the ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Crawling out of bed with all the enthusiasm and vigor of some road kill I managed at least to figure out how to turn the fan speed up as the room began to resemble an oven before deciding that was enough exertion for one morning and promptly returning to ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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... it rained, but refained from doing so as my head hurt so much, enter Nurofen. After a days rest Hazy and I take the bus to Nha Trang, which is one of Vietnams most popular bech towns. To be honest, not really our thing but good for a few days to catch up ...

A travel blog entry by anelegantchaos
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... and might not be the best person to take advice from about this city, so take what I say with a heaping spoonful of salt. Nha Trang is a large city, which just happens to be located right next to the beach. Its not so much a relaxing beach vacation ...

A travel blog entry by globedecker
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Today we were up early for a boat trip out to an island just off of Nha Trang. After last nights escapades it was a bit of a challenge to rise from my extremely comfy sack! As Lorna had not joined us on the late night binge, she was up and lively this ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... stages as the road is very winding and I feel nauseous when I put my head down for too long. 5:00 am - As we approach Nha Trang, the reflection of the moon shimmers on the water. Junks in the harbour look like firefires. 5:30 am - We arrive a half ...

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin
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... , you get to see a lot of the countryside as you roll by at a snails-pace most of the time. The beach at Nha Trang was fabulous. All along the sea's edge women cooked seafood on portable barbeques that they just picked up and walked on with. The size ...

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth
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Ah, Nha Trang. Vietnam's premier beach resort. It's not quite the Gold Coast, but it definitely has a similar feel to it. The beach is lovely though and surprisingly clean, and the South China Sea was warm, calm and blue - the perfect place to spend a few ...

A travel blog entry by el_condor
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... (Someone please correct me if I am wrong on this, it's just what I was told) All in all, I spent longer than I expected in Nha trang. I was only going to be there for 4/5 days but ended up staying for 9 as I didn't want to bus it down to Saigon with a ...

A travel blog entry by roadtrip
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... where we dove were all but dead. It was still a good first experience...to get our feet wet.   In Nha Trang Vietnam, we hired a reputable organization called "Rainbow Divers" owned by Australians.  They provided a service with the ...

A travel blog entry by arewethere.yet
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Nha Trang is THE party place in Southern Vietnam. It's the place to go on an all day booze cruise and then go out and mingle at clubs and bars with names like the "Sailing Club" and "Red Apple". It's where you take mud baths and hook up with other ...

A travel blog entry by bootsmade4wlkin
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Imagine the gold coast in Australia, perhaps Surfers Paradise and you will get an idea of Nha Trang. We stayed in a family run GH called Pheung Lan. They are very nice peoplethere. There are lots of bars and decent resturants here (try Cappacino, cheap and ...

A travel blog entry by faff
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