Blogs from Qui Nhon, South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia

So myself and Vinny left Hoi An at the ungodly hour of 6am, when all of Vietnam seemed to be out and about! Vinny got his vietnamese breakfast roll while I naively thought that the bus would make stops along the way as it was a five hour bus journey to Quy Nhon, a fishing town on the coast half way between Hoi An and Nha Trang. No such luck, we were bet onto a small minibus and off we went for probably the strangest bus journey I've been on (so far!). First of all, the horn on the bus was broken and as anyone who has been to Asia will know, the horn is as important for navigating the roads as the steering wheel! But that didn’t stop them, as one guy was given the ... read more

Suzanne here... On to another beach town, but Quy Nhon has none of the facilities or tourist trappings of Nha Trang. Surprising really as there is a large stretch of sandy beach. Still, we were ready for something a bit more 'local' and less touristy. Budget hotels were few and far between, so we decided to splurge. We chose the 4* Saigon Quynhon. At £30 it was about three times what we'd usually pay. Might sound cheap to those back in England, but we're on a budget. Still, we decided it was worth it on this occasion. The hotel was not the most luxurious we've ever stayed in, but certainly one of the best on this trip (not counting the Saigon apartments of course). The room was large, modern and clean, and had sea view. It ... read more

We’ve been very busy over the last few days after our long spell in Hoi An. Hoi An was lovely, we had a great hotel and it was’t too touristy, but touristy enough to have everything we needed within walking distance. Last time we wrote we were off to watch the football and we found an awesome bar to watch it in. Full of English and I got chatting to a nice couple so didn’t have to watch too much football! Paul was very happy we had won and ended up having quite a few drinks and a bit of a late one. Got back to our hotel to find the gates locked and had a bit of a panic before we realised there was a man asleep waiting with our key. Had lovely lie in ... read more

Our hotel kindly organised a bus for us to go to Quy Nhơn, the capital (and only) city of Bình Định province. They'd also kindly offered to do our sizeable laundry for us, but by the time they'd given us our clothes back the next morning we were already rushing for the bus and away from from Hội An before I realised they hadn't quite given us all of our clothes back. I'm sure they'd added quite a sizeable fee for the transport, and so when we saw how cramped and broken down the bus was, and how long we'd have to squash our legs up on top of other people's sacks of potatoes and chicken cages, we weren't best pleased. In the end the bus didn't even take us all the way to Quy Nhơn. ... read more

It just keeps getting better!- Quy Nhon 17th - 20th March 2009 The previous nights 1:30am walk of 5km carrying our fully weighted rucksacks actually made little impact on the following day’s energy levels, despite having only managed 4 hours sleep the reason being; as we’ve travelled further south the temperature has gradually increased from quite cold in the north, until here in Quy Nhon where it’s actually beginning to get so warm it’s difficult to sleep at night. I only managed to find a little information regarding Quy Nhon on the internet as it doesn’t seem to attract a lot of visitors, perhaps due to its close proximity to Hoi An and Nha Trang both of which are supposed to offer more for the tourist. I’ll admit Quy Nhon didn’t seem particularly interesting at a ... read more