Sunshine Beach Phan Thiet

... life we've been able to lead in Asia.

This was our second time in Mui Ne; we had visited for a few days in February 2006. It looked like things had not actually changed all that much -- a good thing considering how much development is going on in Vietnam. The last time we'd been to Mui Ne we stayed down the road close to the town of Mui Ne. We found that it was really too far from the beach and from most of the restaurants and ...

... threw it onto the fire which then burst into flames. He then sat with us while the fire burned away for the rest of the night. I really could have stayed at mui Ne for a long long time. The problem was that it was just a resort town and everything was expensive. The guys we were with rented motorbikes and i jumped on the back for a look of whats outside the town. The coastal road is beautiful, with the sea on one side and ...

... feel like as my tounge felt odd, drank some water and headed for the Jeep. There were a few other spots like the Red sand dunes, Fishing village, and Market that were also on the itineary, but as the temp was climbing the girls were ready to get back to the beach so we headed for home and gave buddy the rest of the morning off. It is also Willos birthday today so after we got home Willow, Ava and Elle all headed off to ...

... the walk again. Very pleasant. We did have some young kids offering to be our guides, but unless you have problems following a stream bed you should be safe to do this one alone. It was 10:30 by the time we got back for a feed and went to Mellows for a nice coffee and eggs. We were so hungry we headed straight back to Lam Toms on the beachfront for lunch and some liquid refreshments on the back of breakfast. We sat at the same table; the Russians arrived a few minutes ...

... in Mui Ne we were dropped outside the town around midday on a particularly hot afternoon We dropped at another dodgy resort who had obviously scrathed the bus drivers back. We should have been a bit more streetwise though as when the driver said we had arrived he told everyone staying in Mui Ne to get off and all those going on to Saigon to stay on that they would be stopping for lunch in a while. If the idiots had used their little brains they would have ...

... game. It made the drudgery of the Internet a lot more interesting. Oh, and the bonus is it was fifty cents an hour. Far cry from Australia! - On a few occasions we went out for after dinner drinks to the small bars located on the beach and mostly devoid of anyone else but us. The most memorable of these ventures was to Jibe's which was one of the first bars in Mui Ne. Jibe's has evolved into a combo retail shop, restaurant, bar, and windsurf/kitesurf ...

... and stunning than their red counterparts and the surrounding scenery more diverse. Also present at the scene were a couple of locals riding horses with sledges and even a newly-wed or engaged couple having many many shots taken up there..How immensely beautiful did the bride/fiancee look with her dark complexion, white robe and golden 3D background to top all off! By the time we were finished, we were exhausted and the fast constant ride back with the familiar ...

... to the areas around Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi as we discovered that they are the only two cities that have Taiwanese embassies. We started the ball rolling on our Viet visa application; just in time as it turned out, we also started scouring the internet for resorts where we could spend a few days resting and relaxing on a beach. We eventually settled on an area called Mui Ne beach in an area called Phan Thiet about 4 hours drive north west from Ho Chi Minh. After a lot of ...