http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Vietnam , South Central Coast , Qui Nhon en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36:47 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36:47 +0000 As we continued our journey north we visited two coastal areas in the central portion of Vietnam first the very popular beachparty city of Nha Trang and then the much quieter less touristy town of Quy Nhon. We only stayed in Nha Trang for one day enough time to try the microbrews at the New Zealandowned ldquoLouisiane Brew Houserdquo the first microbrewery wersquove seen in Vietna http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/blog-414114.html It just keeps getting better Quy Nhon 17th 20th March 2009The previous nights 130am walk of 5km carrying our fully weighted rucksacks actually made little impact on the following dayrsquos energy levels despite having only managed 4 hours sleep the reason being as wersquove travelled further south the temperature has gradually increased from quite cold in the north until here in Quy N http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/blog-384700.html Itrsquos been over a month since our last blog update and this reflects the small out of the way places wersquove been staying at on our cycling tour good internet connections have been scarce. We bought our bikes in Bangkok and cycled Northeast towards Laos stopping in places like Ayuthaya Lop Buri and Nang Rang. We saw many crumbling old temples one of them overrun by monkeys who jumpe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/blog-363699.html So after spending two weeks in Hue we headed down the coast to Qui Nhon for some beach time. We hadn't hit the beach since Cat Ba Island October where I climbed and kayaked. To our dismay our beach week was abruptly interrupted by a tropical storm. RAIN RAIN RAIN Our hotel had an open concept and there was a hall that was actually outside. This one poor girl who worked at the hotel had t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/blog-350499.html On our way to QAui Nhon our drivers took a side trip to look at a Cham Temple. As we drove through a small village and some farm fields we came across a sacred site. It was a burial site of the kings of that area. The 3rd and last king was buried there. As we walked around the caretaker was there and gave us a small tour of the area and what was still there from 300 years ago. I'm glad Vy was wi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Qui-Nhon/blog-297870.html