C30 Hotel Nha Trang

... the water. The several other stops we made were boring, a beach area and aquarium (although this did have some interesting fish), it may have been because I was on my own but I still found the destinations to be uninspiring compared to the places I have seen up until now. Highlights of the trip came from the funny crew. They sang songs and their band jammed to some tunes, whilst the man who was the lead singer ...

... The cleaning lady was leaving our room and I wanted to tip her. Tipping is slim to none down here so I was going to give her 30,000 dong ($1.67) for the week. Lam insisted that I give her 20,000 dong ($1.11). I slipped her the 30,000 and that's when all hell broke loose.<br><br>I was accused of desiring the cleaning lady instead of her. (I hadn't even seen her face, she wears a breathing mask.) Then I made the mistake of telling her we ...

... of oncoming traffic. They stop at various points on the highway to pick up shady packages and characters. They are rude and have no concern whatsoever for any of their passengers.<br> <br>Pierre went to tell the first driver to slow down and was going to offer him $50 if he stayed under 80 kms an hour. Of course, he doesn't understand (or at least pretended not to understand) a word of English and lo and behold, his speedometer was ...

Do not order Chicken Fried rice here, you just get rice with a fried chicken dumped on top! Certainly very hard to eat with chop sticks - tasted ok - but not quite what i was expecting. <br>The food here in general is good - but not as good as Khmer food (Cambodian) - the diet is pretty much rice or noodles for lunch and then the opposite for dinner. At least my stomach knows what to expect.

... no! He came back with a pink flowery umbrella! Much more practical!! Our food was good and I think they liked us as we were given free beer and free chocolate profiteroles and ice cream for pudding. It was a nice surprise when the bill came!<br><br>Diving - we were excited about heading out for more dives as it's been exactly a month since we finished our PADI course. It was quite different this time - they sorted all our kit out for us this time and we didn't ...

... with the exception of his first few days in the manger. Nothing against the guy, of course, but there's something to be said for a religion that isn&#8217;t afraid to show their guy just taking it easy every now and then.<br><br>Lessons Learned: <br><br>1) No more chicken! -- We&#8217;ve decided at this point in the trip to no longer ask for chicken. It seems they take the whole chicken and dice it all (skin, fat, meat, bones ...

... tour was weird, we stopped at a resort that you had to pay so you could lay or sit on the beach. So lots of just stayed on the boat. Then we went to an aquarium, the building looked like an old ship, very cool. <br>After the tour we went back to the hotel to wait for another overnight sleeper bus! Actually, this sleeper bus was much more comfortable and actually slept some over the 10 hour ride. <br><br><br><br>

... were free. We gained a fair bit of attention as we were competing for the high score on the punch bag thing. I won and set the highest score, get in! There was also a theme park with a half decent small rollercoaster that was alrite. I went on a massive upside down spinny ride which was nothing like i have ever been on, it held the seats upside down so your facing the ground whilst spinning you clockwise about 100ft in the air, mental!

... see on the photos!<br><br>We had a really nice meal that evening at a great restaurant. More fresh seafood. We then had a few drinks in a bar but didn't stay out long as we were moving on early in the morning. The bars looked like they were ready to kick off and I had heard that Nha Trang was a bit of a party town!!<br><br>Our stay was pretty short but all in all I thought Nha Trang was pretty nice. Beautiful beaches, beautiful food and lively bars. <br>

... tour office in the centre of town. Mmmmm, well worth getting up before dawn for then?! <br><br>After a change of bus and me managing to restrain myself from chucking him across the street in frustration we were on our way, an hour and a half late, a record so far on our trip! <br><br>Just ...