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The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before
- G.K. Chesterton
Fond Memories
After the excitement of the previous night we limped into Nha Trang early the next morning. It was good to be back. I have fond memories of Nha Trang having spent Christmas 2002 here. And while this trip was retracing steps I had taken in Vietnam back then I was especially looking forward to getting back to here to see how much, if at all, it had changed in the intervening 3 years.
Party
So what of Nha Trang. Well it's as close to a beach party town as Vietnam has. And although it has the potential to develop into a tacky resort (think Thailand's Pattaya Beach) it's still a good place to go, for now at least, for sun and partying. Its obvious attractions are the very clear turquoise waters and the snorkelling, diving and fishing that goes with it. And seemingly just lazing on the beach is an experience in itself. I say seemingly because, just like it was the last time I was in town,
the rains rarely relented, ruining any plans we had of being beach bums for 2 days. So after getting a nice room in the hotel I had stayed at 3 years earlier we spent the rest of the first day catching up on sleep missed from the night before and e-mailing. It was on the first evening I discovered the 'new' Why Not bar. The 'old' Why Not bar was a favourite hang-out when I was last here. It had just opened back then and was much smaller. But business has obviously been good as it has now blossomed into easily the biggest and most impressive bar in Nha Trang, a town full of bars. Bigger is not always better but Why Not still had its attractions (friendly staff, comfortable surroundings and of course pool tables). And it was here we ended both our evenings in town, even after beginning them somewhere else.
And that is basically all there is to report about our time in Nha Trang. According to our guidebook there are some interesting sites nearby, such as the Long Son Pagoda and the Cham towers of Po Nagar, built between the 7th and 12th centuries on a site that had been used for Hindu worship as early as the 2nd century. That may be so. But we were quite content to pass our days in Nha Trang sleeping in, taking it easy and recovering from the previous night. And after all that it was on to Muine, somewhere I hadn't been before having gone to Dalat from here last time out. So I was looking forward to seeing somewhere new. Let's hope we get there by staying on the road this time.
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