Que Huong Hotel Nha Trang

... airco or even cleaning up our room. A bit disappointing, but as said; she looked a bit more "business-wiser" than the "Sister" from Ho Chi Min. We took the taxi again and 2 more coffees and a O.J. We entered the platform and into our sleeper beds. On our way to Hanoi !! 35 hours of train along the Vietnamese coast. Excited to go we went inside. Letīs see what a " Hullicane" can do to our train track.

Okay..bye bye for now...we are on the Zug-Zug....read you later! P&M

... sand, turquoise water, and the furry, tree topped islands not far off the coast. Decided to plop down at a beachside bar and people watch. Finally discovered a few hotties - good God I've been wondering where they've been hiding! Also took note of the Vietnamese tourists splashing in the water, fully clothed, with the exception of small children who run around either butt-naked or simply in underwear ...

... he and his mates visited often, and I think he said he came to know the owner. Years later, back in Madison, he got to know neighbors a few doors down the street, one of whom (Thuy) happened to be Vietnamese. They became very good friends and over the course of the years, it turned out that Thuy's uncle had been the owner of the restaurant in Nha Trang my dad had loved so much. And to top it off, Thuy had waitressed ...

... Trang left and arrived on time. Taxi to town was 240,000VND – a bit more expensive than Hanoi but apparently the going rate. Went to one hotel where the taxi recommended but was dearer than initially told, looked at another which was 11th floor with balcony and seaview but $38. Taxi then took us further down road and to Pho Bien Hotel. Nice friendly staff, good large clean pleasant rooms with balcony and partial sea views just over the road from beach for $25 – also ...

After Hoi An, Harriet and I decided to take the recommended "holiday from the holiday" (it's a hard life) by heading to Jungle Beach, a secluded homestay just North of Nha Trang.

Unfortunately we'd been staying at different hotels in Hoi An, so we ended up booking overnight buses to the South with different companies. The only information we had was that we had to get off at 'Doclet Gas Station' at some ungodly hour, so the best we could do was say our ...

... the entire night hitting on girls 12 years younger than him and getting drunk and generally being “that guy.” We stumbled home, managed not to get mugged although Nha Trang is sketchy at night, and fell asleep after a full day.

We woke up bright and early and went for our Four Island snorkeling trip. The day had a solid mixture of laughs and struggles. The company packed 40+ people, both Vietnamese and foreigners, onto a small snorkeling boat and took us ...

... So weird.. and gross at first.. but very exfoliating.. mmm.. it was a really nice birthday present from the fam, FOR the fam! At night Vu and I hit the bar lounge across the street and had a nice end to the night; lasted on about 3 hours of sleep the next day, FUN TIMES. P.S. The camera we usually took pictures on broke because of the water when we went snorkeling. So.. here are Vu's pictures!

... they all got really excited and they would run in front of your camera and make a funny face and then run back around so they could look at their picture on the screen of the camera. Whenever they saw the picture of themselves or their classmate, they would all just giggle and squeal wildly in unison. It was probably the cutest thing I have ever experienced! The funny thing was, was that I wasn't really thinking and I knelt down to get ...

... I thought better of it! It's days like these where you need a mate along for the ride, to pick up your spirits and drag you out!

Seeing as I couldn't sit in the sun I decided to go sightseeing, which took all of an hour, so ended up at the beach anyway. Its like 40 odd degrees here!!! First I headed out to the big buddah. Seems to be one in every town. Had a bit f a to-do with a taxi driver, wanted to charge me 100, 000 D!!! You've got to ...

... too slow when they were handed out and was left with a decidedly flesh-coloured one, and I SWEAR he looked just like a human condom...



The My Son ruins were quite impressive, but thanks to a combination of typhoons and American bombs some of the temples & buildings ...