Nha Trang - Vietnam's alternative to Blackpool!

Trip Start Nov 25, 2004
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Trip End Jan 26, 2005


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Friday, January 14, 2005

We actually wanted to stay just outside Nha Trang at a resort called Jungle Beach which is an eco-friendly resort with bungalows on the beach on an organic farm - luckily fate was with us on this day though! We got dropped off by the side of the road and got told that the resort was 20km away - funnily enough we were instantly surrounded by lots of willing moto drivers who wanted to take us there for some rip-off price! Paul suggested we ring the resort to see if they could come and pick us up and I thought we better check availibility in the process! Its a good job we did ring as the resort was fully booked and we would have ended up getting ripped off to get us there, ripped off to get us back to the road and ripped off trying to catch a lift on to Nha Trang!!! Phhhhheeeeew!

Nha Trang is another seaside town but alot bigger and alot more commercialised than Hoi An - its apparently quite good for snorkelling and scuba diving but the weather was abit rubbish when we were there so we made a short stop, saw the sights and moved on pretty quickly!

We randomly went to see a football match though which was excellent! Nha Trang v Ho Chi Minh (1 - 0) which was great as we were sat with all the Nha Trang supporters! Quite a bit different from a match back home though with drums banging and a really friendly atmosphere!
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