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... br><br>Sorry, don't feel like translating all that, but basically I'm saying that we had a "lovely" 40 hours journey from Hoi An to Saigon by train + bus + train + bus (instead of just train for 14 hours).<br><br>And that we are lucky that we didn't get hit by the typhoon (Mirinae) that killed more than 30 persons in those region of south Vietnam, and even more in the Philippines...<br><br>

<br> More straight from the journal, kind of blah...<br><br>I left Quang Ngai in a rush, I wanted the hell out of there. I woke up at 7, packed my stuff and jetted. I left so fast that I left my passport at the receptionist desk. I hurriedly walked out of the lobby, past all of the wedding decorations and pyramids of champagne glasses and hung on a right on the wide paved street. It was 7:30 and the rain had cooled everything off. The walk back to the main road was decent, the pack was ...

<br><br>The rain died down, so I took a stroll out to the sea wall. As I watched the waves curl in and come crashing to the sand I had another one of those moments. One of those moments where you stop for a second and think about where you&#8217;re at, geographically and in time, and how in the future it will be history. History that you were here at this exact spot at this exact second in time. Of all places and of all things one could do in the world, this is what I chose to do. And ...

... Even worse, it was 8pm so not many options! The moto drivers, clearly smelling our desperation, offered to take us for 300,000VND each (about 11 pounds each) which is about 6 times what it should cost! Our English pride kicked in and we refused... Instead, deciding that 18km isn't that far really. Except (a) we had massive rucksacks with us (as well as all our bags of tailored clothes from Hoi An!), (b) it was nighttime in a foreign place (so I was a bit ...

Da haben wir ein kleines Paradis entdeckt :-) Quy Nhon liegt wie Nha Trang an der Kueste des chinesischen Meeres, ist aber noch voellig ohne Tourismus. Kilometerlange einsame Straende, schoene Promenanden und ueberall hat es Fischerboote. Die meisten Touristen fahren hier einfach vorbei...ist halt kein Highlight im Lonely Planet :-)<br><br>Tagsueber kann man hier die Einsamkeit und die wunderschoene Natur geniessen, am Abend, wenn die Sonne weg ist ...

... dorm of Vietnam and other than the story to come later the place was really nice. A bit too much on the backpacker fare, not everyone has a vegemite, banana pancake and pizza addiction but apparently they're in sufficient numbers to warrant identikit menus across Asia. The place is a lot like Pratchuap Khiri Khan in Thailand. Currently still a fishing village but with beautiful beaches, tourist hotels, a new promenade and ...

... start using Emma's deodorant! 500,000 VND well spent. We had shampoo, deodorant and lotions coming out of our ears. Hopefully it will fit in our rucksacks. The rest of our first day was spent relaxing at Barbara's Kiwi Cafe. Sipping Local Beer and indulging on delights such as Cat Fish and Chips, BLT's, Muesli, Hot Chocolate Banana's and big mugs of English Breakfast Tea.... just writing this down is making me relive it again :) Day 2. It was ...

... to be the beach of a leper colony. We sweated so much on that bicycle ride, not helped that we missed the turn off for it and had to backtrack a mile or so. Uphill! When we did get there we had a lovely afternoon sitting in hammocks and dozing in the sun. The beach was virtually empty, apart from some cattle, which was great. The next day, feeling a bit more adventurous, we hired a motorbike and set off for a further beach. After a ...