Seahorse Resort Mui Ne

... Oyster omelet, bbq'd shrimp, fish, octopus, squid and lots of great stuff. We had fresh boiled crab right at our beach chair that the "beach lady" had brought by (live and just caught).

The hotel only cost 300,000 VND (~$15)/night. Good deal. Definitely only a 1-2 star hotel. Big room with 2 big beds but stained spreads, white sheets, open shower/bathroom, lots of mold and rust. Strong A/C that froze us so I had to wake up to turn it off once in a ...

... for a good 30 mintues trying to get us to buy a sled or be our tour guide. We spent the better half of aday there taking some AMAZING pictures of each of us jumping off a dune into the sand etc etc... a good old fashion photoshoot!
The sunset in Mui Ne was spectacular. All colour of the rainbow strewn (spelling?) across the sky and tonnes of boats in the bay...
We spent one night having a few Saigon Beers ...

... off it had a good priced pool bar. There is a restaurant on the grounds but the food was far over priced so Leah walked to the cafe outside and bought 2 baguettes in.
The plan was to get a massage in the afternoon before a nice meal, but we were both relaxed enough not to have a massage. The sun was starting to go down so we decided to head to our resort to have a drink watching the sunset, it was probably the best sunset so far ...

... we never actually see what is planned and just get lost. But Brad wanted to get a bike as its 7x cheaper
Brad swore some guy was conning us, thinking he gave him 200,000D for petrol which was 18,000 but the owner lied and said he gave him 20,000D brad argued for a while and soon gave up when he realised he was fighting a losing battle. We told the resort owner who took brad
back there and had him explain to the petrol owner, Things stared to get hairy, the ...

... man away while other ladies seemed to be joining in. "It must be about either sex or money" I said jokingly to the Brazilian couple sat next to us, secretly hoping it was about money as the man looked old enough to be the girl's farther.
But as the man stumbled past us I realized it could be about something completely different. He absolutely stank of cheap whiskey and could barely walk straight. 'Had he ran someone over while drunk?!' we wondered ...

... time at the top of the pass to take a look at the old bunkers and war relics. Also to watch as the lorries attempted to navigate around the hairpin bends coming up the pass. Why they don’t just use the tunnel I never did find out. And then we descended. Our very considerate driver decided to stop every time one of us pointed our camera out the window which was very sweet but a little unnecessary the majority of the time. However we did stop near the bottom to take in the view ...

Mui Ne is a beautiful beach resort set along a 10km road... It's beautiful! We were staying at a gorgeous resort called Thai Hoa which had it's own private pool and private area on the beach. Our room was a bamboo hut and was very nice...

So... We spent the whole time either by the pool/on the beach or trying the local food at one of the many restaurants (my personal favourite was chicken curry at one of the ...

... Viet Cong ambushes made the road dangerous Now on the sides of highway 9 are rice paddies.

There are few remnants of the war in the area. Our guide tells us that when the Vietnamese returned to reclaim their homes they destroyed and/or recycled any of the remaining war remnants in order to rebuild. The metal was particularly valuable and many villagers sold the scraps to make ends meet. In fact, we saw ...

... to be quickly handed off to a waiting motobike driver whom travels back and forth, up and down, the beach delivering/selling the fish to the restaurant owners and hotels from town. We sat on the beach awhile watching this process completely at least twice.
We now head for the White Sand Dunes outside of town. We were lost after driving along the coast, in and out of several villages before we decide to turn around. Now it is very windy and ...

... most flimsy excuse to do nothing.

The town of Mui Ne consists of not a great deal, there are many large hotel complexes lining the beach and numerous fish sauce shops. Oh and just outside of the town are two whopping sand dunes, one white and the other red.