Saigon-Quynhon Quy Nhon
24 Nguyen Hue St, Binh Dinh Province Quy Nhon, Vietnam
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More of a Oui than a Non
We trundled off to Quy Nhon on the 3pm bus, and once again the pick up was bang on time, the Vietnamese are certainly punctual. We were told that it was a mini bus when we booked the tickets however we weren't quite prepared for the fact that said mini bus was transporting 15 people, assorted bags and packages and a tree complete with root system …
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Speed like no other machine
... an hour the short man driving became tired of speeding and even getting pulled over by the police check. So who was to take over??
Well the 15yr old assistant should be able to take the wheel.. And so he did!! this starting off perhaps a little slower we thought we may well survive the rest of the drive. And so it began to rain and pour down and asif by a freek coincedence the speed increased and stopping distances ...
Quy Nhon
... after a Cathedral, but much brighter). We walked the beach some afterwards and that is when we learned the local kids like having their picture taken when they see you taking it. Every time Guillaume would try to get a picture of kids playing, they would stop and pose and then want to see the picture right away. We then found food and headed back to the hotel to crash for the night.
Saturday morning we headed out ...
Next Stop – Quy Nhon
... Quy Nhon. The minibus seated 15 but they had managed to cram 27 of us into the bus!! I can definitely say it was the longest 6 hours ever!!
Anyway, we finally made it in one piece to Quy Nhon and we weren’t disappointed. We found a really nice hotel resort along the beach and negotiated a good rate for a fantastic room; it was huge and had a lovely balcony overlooking the sea.
Quy Nhon is a really nice place and you ...
Bring on the numb bums!!!
... better.
We adopted a 'stop every 50km’ tactic to break up the ride and rest our butts which worked really well. Our first 50k stop allowed for the 3rd instalment of Rate my Pho – a couple of chirpy ladies served up some rare beef noodle soup and I demolished it with aplomb, awarding it a juicy 3 out of 5. Our next stop was a little old lady just outside of Quang Ngai followed by a swift drink at the halfway point. This stretch of highway ...



