Nha Trang Beach Hotel

After a 6 hour bus ride on a sleeper bus (bus with "beds") we arrived in Nha Trang pretty late but found our way to "Nice Hotel". It was 10$ a night for nice, big and clean rooms with AC and TV. We were pretty beat so we walked around a bit and grabbed a pizza and some coke and chilled out in the room. <br>Nha Trang is more of a hustle bustle city compared to Mui Ne, lots of hotels and SO many places to eat! The city runs along along a ...

... prepaid the hotel room for another 10 days. Something she had me do to save another dollar a day. I feel trapped. I am trapped. And that's why I'm wondering what I've done to get myself into this situation.<br><br>For now, my decision is to use this as an extraordinary opportunity to practice awareness in the present moment. Can I be calm and aware while being constantly told I am spending too much or doing something wrong? I guess this ...

... in the morning and for a split second thought we were in South Beach, Miami. We drove along the beach on the way to the hotel and saw beautiful parks lined with palm and coconut trees. It was before 6 am and already, hundreds of people were exercising on the beach, running, cycling and swimming. It was abuzz with activity before the sun starts scorching the day.<br><br>After checking into our hotel, dumping our filthy bags in our room ...

We had a 9.5 hr day train today from Danang to Nha Trang which was an experience to say the least!<br>We were in cattle class seats and Cam and I had the seats directly facing all the Vietnamese locals on the train.... and they tend to stare at us Westerners so it was a bit unnerving to start with.<br>On the train they played the movie Anaconda dubbed in Vietnamese and some extremely loud local music ...

... part of the hostel, you got a free bucket of booze each and a free dessert of fruit. We thought this was a fab offer so we bought into it. Obviously we knew that the plan was to give you free booze so that you'd want to buy more but we weren't going to be fooled, just one free drink for us. Food was great and the bucket was huge. It was so good, we went next door to the red apple bar and ordered more!<br><br>Played pool, kicked Jules's ass, maybe ...

... down into the paddy while I waited on the bank. Just as John turned around he spotted the snake (2.5 ft) tearing out of the grass towards me, I like snakes but it scared the hell outta me. It was great pity we didn&#8217;t have our camera ready. We spent the day visiting farms and local factories, seeing how the local people lived and made their living, we saw brick factories, <br><br>Pepper farms, coffee farms, pineapple farms, and rubber tree plantations. Around three in the ...

... 8217;d come to help out. It was brilliant. I had a great time. The person who was supposed to teach was sick and could not come so we played games. I taught the students the game Simon says. They had a great time. We played number games and bingo while working on listing comprehension. Afterward, all the teachers and Kim the owner of the café throw Sander a going away party which I was invited to. Free food and drinks on the house ...

... about this island hopping one day booze cruise experience and it sounded wacky and a whole lot of fun. I said to myself, if I ever go to Vietnam, I'm gonna find this cruise. Sure enough, in the LP, they mentioned the same cruise (Mama Linh's Cruise) as the "Hottest Ticket In Town, not for families or recovering alcholics".<br>Alrighty then, sign me up! I booked for the following day and Craig decided to come with me.<br>We went out that night but had an early one ...

... park on the beach. After a late lunch we headed off to a spa a few miles way. it was now rush hour - this was one of the most intense driving experiences of my life, but damn fun nonetheless. <br><br>The spa was great, we went from one mineral shower/bath to the next...we also spent time in the mud bath (our main reason for going), it was a right laugh - other than the taste. <br><br>The day ended with a good dinner with the group and then I packed for the next leg of the journey. <br>

... but it couldn't really detract from the sights around us. <br><br> <br><br>The guide was rushing us around the site because he was pushed for time after the delays this morning, but in the rain we weren't that focussed anyway so it was fine. <br><br> <br><br>It was an interesting place ...