Nha Trang

After our Mui Ne snake adventure, we were ready to leave. We got on the bus and drove for hours to Nha Trang.

Nha Trang is meant to have the most beautiful beach in Vietnam and lots of people go there for the beach, the swimming and other water sports. We had high expectations of the place!

The journey was ok and the scenery was really pretty - it reminded me of the Scottish highlands, really rugged and wind swept and lonely except for the road. Very beautiful. But also a sign for things to come.

When we got to Nha Trang, we were shocked to find that it was freezing! No beach weather at all and the place was deserted. Oh dear... it was like being in Blackpool in November when no one else in their right mind would go there.

We did end up in a nice hotel though for a really good price and after exploring the town, we decided we did like it well enough. After a couple of days, the place grew on us and we ended up finding a nice place that served cheap drinks. Tom, Phil and I had lots of vodka. Lots of vodka in a short time and no dinner. Disaster? Yes.

The evening is a daze - I don't remember much of it. It was fun though for a lot of it - we talked about lots of stuff and I found a great new favourite drink - Vodka and sour apple! Yum yum yum! I recommend it. After a while, the boys swapped to Long Island Ice Teas and as I was convinced we were going for dinner any minute, I continued with my lovely vodka and sour apple. Bad idea...

At some point I ate a baguette. I think I blagged it from the restaurant next door, but I'm not sure how or when. Then Phil took me home and left me with the phone to ring Tom if I needed anything. Then him and Tom had some more drinks and got into trouble when they didn't have enough money to pay the bill. Tom was driven away by some girls on motorbikes to get some money from a cashpoint and Phil was left behind. Both of them got robbed at some point during the night. I think they also kept leaving the bar and being dragged back because they hadn't paid enough yet, so they had another drink while they were trying to find out how much they had to pay. :o)

But they made it back ok in the end and we had a good laugh at some point during the next day after the hang over had cleared.