Blogs from Mui Ne, Binh Thuan, South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 4

Making it to Mui Ne finally after my adventures with the Coffee Girl and nearly being stuck in the middle of no where with no money, I was excited. Mui Ne is the Kite Surfing capital of Vietnam, this did not go to plan though with no wind and from talking to a few people wind not expected for a while and the overall season had been pretty shit, spew.... I caught up with Jazza (mentioned in my other blog), who was also travelling with Maartrten (20 odd year old Dutch guy), they both had met a couple in their previous travels that had also bought a motorbike, Rob (late 30's Canadian) and Meagan (33 American). So I had a few drinks over the next few days with my new group of friends. With the winds ... read more

The day has started out cool, overcast and rainy. Oh dear where has all the sunshine gone? Boarding a bus for a 5 hr, 200 kms journey. This will be our last chance to sight see another small pocket of Vietnam. When your looking for beaches Mui Ne will be the one most travelers will mention. Best known for the red sand dunes, Fairy Stream, a few historic temples and fresh seafood. The weather has deteriorated and it is bucketing down, as we get closer the bus starts dropping people off at their hotels all along the coast, this bus will then continue onto Nha Trang. Finally our stop, checking in is once again a simple process, we have a great little bungalow right next to the pool, how great is that? The beach is just ... read more

4. den / 26.2.2012, Mui Ne Musime vstavat v 6 hodin rano, a protoze jsme sli spat az v 1 h, nejsme ani jeden moc cily. Proc jsme sli tak pozde? Po vyborne, lec dost drahe veceri jsme asi 1.5hodiny korzovali na nejvetsi trznici v Saigonu / Ben Tram, kde se clovek muze obleci od hlavy az k pate, a to rovnou nekolikrat. Vysledek / kabelka + 2 naramky na ruku, z puvodnich 480 usmlouvano na 300..Celkem dobre skore. Nasledoval bar U Lily (vedle Crazy Bull) a krasny drik 0.4 / 1:1 / vodka dzus + rum s colou. Pekne :) No, ted k tomu rano. Ja opet vypadam jako podivne zviratko - tak mi s velkou radosti rika muj muz - nevim, zda to brat jako lichotku, ale beru.. Zaridili jsme si listky v SINH ... read more

We have been languishing on the Vietnam shore of the South China Sea for almost three weeks. To the east are the Philippines, to the south is Malaysia and China is north. The daytime temperature hovers around 30C and it cools off to about 24C at night. The sea water is silky smooth, warm and so salty that one can just lie back and float as on a big blanket. We’ll start with the food as this army marches on its stomach. The area we are in has a well developed tourist infrastructure. There are restaurants serving foods from around the world. We have enjoyed the thalis with the buttery, fresh-baked nan bread at the Indian restaurant; the classic Margherita wood-fired oven pizza from the Italian restaurant, other Mediterranean delicacies and even Australian beef burgers at ... read more

We arrived in Mui Ne in the dead of night and set out in search of our pre-booked guesthouse 'Hai Yen'. Once found we intended to have a nice early night, but our new Kiwi friends (that joined us on the bus) had other ideas and we sat up drinking and chatting to the early hours! We woke early, and feeling remarkably fresh we wandered around our new home which included a fancy pool! As the waves were good in Mui Ne our Kiwi friends said they would teach us how to surf so we hired mopeds in search of hiring boards. We quickly decided to stop for a swim in the sea to cool down before carrying on along the coast. The views were beautiful as we drove through the little sleepy beach town. We ... read more