Terracotta Resort Mui Ne

The tour of Saigon city was interesting. I suppose the highlightsfor me were the Presidential Palace and the Handicrafts Showroom. The latter wasespecially nice as we saw the people creating dome great works of art using natural materials. The prices were reasonable but for me I would hae to ship them and the cost I was quoted was more than some of the articles. Later in ...

... the centre of Mui Ne was a good 4kms away. I negotiated a price of 50p to take us around a few hotels and went back to load Tom and all our big bags onto two bikes. <br>We went first to Full Moon resort. Lovely pool with bungalows on the beach front but high season prices of $50 was too much. Then we went to Sunrise resort, gorgeous pool, rooms along each side with a beach front location, but despite the free breakfast and Internet $30 was still too much ...

... for sand surfing were so cute we had to share our oreos with them!<br><br><br> <br><br>Me and Dan had a wonderful lunch. We rocked up at a local restaurant where no one spoke English and were expecting noodles but instead got a scrumptious hotpot meal! A massive bowl, resting on a gas cooker and filled with broth, meat and vegetables, You get a plate of noodles and salad to add as ...

... situated without sliding down right away. <br>We each get on our sled, pulling up on the rope in the front of the sled and at the same time leaning as far back as you are able with your knees up. The boys then give you a big shove and away you go sledding down the sand dune.<br>We did it a few times and that was enough. It's a lot of work in the heat trekking up the dune to slide down in just a few seconds. <br>The kids were adorable ...

... lie about 100km outside HCMC. They were used by the Vietcong during the war and the group of us who had got the bus together from the city were shown around by a really really nice, and knowledgable guide, who had fought in the war himself. Basically how the was worked was that the North Vietnamese army with backing from China and Russia were trying to force Communism into the south, and so the South vietnamese army was fighting back. America then rocked up along ...

... were surprised to see us back so soon and one of them had to call the other to get back and pick us up, but soon enough we were on our way to the next stop, the fishing village harbor. It was quite a sight to drive up to the harbor, as it was filled with hundreds of traditional fishing boats of two main types. One type was very similar to other fishing boats used around Asia, but the other type was something that we had not seen elsewhere. They were ...

After promising Anna some beach time, although the beach at Nha Trang was beautiful, we had been advised to visit the small town of Mui Ne for a different beach experience so we cut our two day schedule and headed south. The morning bus to Mui Ne departed from the main roads heading south after about 2 hours and the scenery changed quite radically. Gone were the sweeping rice fields to be replaced by forests of palm trees ...

Our plan for Mui Ne was to relax and enjoy the beach and the sunshine for a few days. We had been told that the water in Mui Ne was cleaner than that in Nga Trang and were keen to spend some time swimming! We got a really nice surprise on arriving to find out that Shannon and Mick, a couple we had said goodbye to in Nga Trang had decided at the last minute to spend the night in Mui Ne and were there waiting to get on the bus that dropped ...

Having spent 3 weeks touring some of Asia's busiest cities, we've decided to come away to the seaside at Mui Ne for a bit of 'R and R'. While you wouldn't perhaps expect Vietnam to have beautiful beaches, this place certainly qualifies for the 'package holiday of the future' award - it's very quiet with clean, white, sandy beaches, palm trees and bamboo huts. We're staying at a lovely place called 'Hong Di' run by a very friendly ...

... ers. <br><br>To add to my mother's worry, the mozzies here are like nowhere I've seen before. I decided against taking anti-malaria meds for several reasons and until now basic prevention efforts (for mozzie bites) have been effective. Well, I've been eaten in the past few days. I'm going to have to pick up something with &gt;15% DEET for sure, even if it does make me sterile. :-) Who needs kids, anyway? <br><br>RIP Steve Irwin - such a loss. CREYEKY!