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Published: February 25th 2012
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Nha Trang is well known for its pristine beaches, many beautiful islands and coral reefs providing an opportunity to go diving and swimming. Nha Trang is also a magnet for young backpackers who partake in one of the many booze party cruisers that weaves between the many islands.
Looking out from the main beach you can see Seafood farms in the middle of the bay and mini fishing villages. Fisherman row the round shaped boats called "Conical" out to their seafood section to tend the catch. Nha Trang is known for it's excellent seafood variety.
Once again we hire 3 scooters to investigate some of the main tourist attractions that can be seen around Nha Trang; The Pe Nagar Towers standing tall with it's square red baked bricks and pyramid topped apex, are situated on the side a the mountain. Four towers stand in a peaceful park-like enclosure now remnants of the Kingdom of Champa, the towers were built between the 7th and 12th centuries and named after a local goddess.
Long Son Pogoda is at the base of Trai Thuy Hill, said to be the largest Buddhist pogoda in Vietnam. The Buddha stands 9 metres high and
was built in 1963. Reading the plaque it mentions he is the buddha of Piece. As you walk up to the sitting Buddha you see a beautifully White carved reclining Buddha under overhanging tree branches.
Our wonderings take us off the beaten track where we stumble across two young Cocks practicing the art of Cockfighting, (now illegal in Vietnam), but can still be seen in some back lane ways not usually visited by tourist, as we follow the lane we eventually stumble onto a log bridge crossing the river, a toll of 1000 dng (A$0.10) is collect before you are able to cross. On first sight the bridge looked more scarey than it actually was.
Up early on our last day in Nha Trang, scooters booked again for another days ride, we head to a place called Doc Let, said to have beautiful beaches with overhanging plam trees. Doc Let is approximately (2hrs) 50kms north of Nha Trang, as has become a normal event for us, we get lost and once again the locals come to our rescue and point us in the right direction, we notice a lot of activity on the beach with bike and small
carts driving pass, its not long before we too are riding on the waters edge enjoying the scenery and taking pictures. Many of the locals are hard at work bring in huge baskets of freshly caught Krill, which is then layed out in the sun to dry, ready to be package for sales in the shops.
The best way to discover Vietnam is by scooter/ motorbike, as you have more freedom in where you want to go and what you want to see, plus the added thrill of riding with the locals just seems to add that little be of added excitement.
A Scooter road speed is 60kms hr, while a car/truck is able to travel at 80kms hr and the speed in built up areas is 40kms, not that you every get to go that fast, more like 10kms, most of the time you find yourself riding on the shoulder of the road as the larger vehicles are like kamikaze drivers and seem to enjoy driving on both sides of the road with on coming traffic head straight for them. Wearing of helmets is a must by law, though a helmet can be anything from a pushbike,
horse riding or hard hat. Drinking and driving is also frowned upon, but is not policed.
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