Blogs from Binh Thuan, South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 33

I accept full responsibility. You may have already guessed but just to confirm it, this is a Rob entry. I’ve been tasked with providing the correct details of our journey to Mui Ne. Amy will vet this but so far these are all my own words and this represents a true account of the day. We were picked up in Nha Trang at 8am and then driven around the town for a further 40 mins before being asked to change to a different bus only 50 meters from our starting point! That could have been an extra hour in bed but I guess we didnt have to carry our packs the whole 50m! We finally moved off expecting to reach Mui Ne by about 1pm where we were hoping to secure a lovely beach front bungalow ... read more

Hi all our blog-followers out there. Sorry no blog for a while but our trip has come to a resounding stop in Mui Ne! No, not trouble but the beautiful chilled out blue ocean beach resort by the fantastic white sand coastline that exists here. We only intended to stay for 2 nights but are now on to our fifth! The weather is fantastic, the beaches and food amazing and just couldn't be bothered to move on. Tomorrow alas see us heading north to Nha Trang and on from there to Danang and all the war stuff (yes more war stuff). Our mini holiday may have an impact on what we can fit in, but we decided its not all about rushing from one end of the country to the other, rather having a good time ... read more

Firstly in response to comments regarding our experiences in Vietnam so far. We have been away for 2 months now so can hardly call ourselves seasoned travellers, but we will refuse to see the world through 'rose coloured spectacles' like so many travellers we meet. We experience the good the bad and the ugly and the number of times we see people pointing at a pile of ugly bricks announcing "How wonderful and Beautiful it is!" simply baffles us. Still so early on in our travels we have already seen sights that will stay with us for the rest of our lives, but you have good and bad days and roll with it! using this blog to make light of some of the less pleasant experiences along the way. Vietnam continues to fascinate us, but truth ... read more

We spent 7 days in this rainless and beautiful spot in Vietnam. Melanie and Sven gave this to us as a wedding present...(thank you so much for this, it was wonderful). We had a great time, the resort was very nice and we id almost nothing but relax. One day we hired a jeep and a driver to take us to the "Sahara of Vietnam"- the white sanddunes. We were sliding from the dunes and bathing in the not really clean water (but cleaner than what we were after sliding) of the lake next to the dunes. Then we moved on to the "Red Canyon" and the "Red sunddunes". We made a stop in a Fishing village, which was impressive and it kind of smelled like fish...... At the end we walked through the "Fairy stream" ... read more

My motorcycle trip to Phan Thiet was fabulous. I was very lucky to meet a friend from long ago who wanted to go with me. Thao happened to be in Viet Nam at the same time and had wanted to do a trip like this. All my preparation paid off. The roads we took were nicely paved, went through picturesque villages and skirted the ocean, and best of all, hardly used by trucks or cars. On the way to Phan Thiet, we crossed a ferry, rode into a rubber plantation and watched rubber sap trickle into a collecting bowl. It was amazing to see that people still collected tons of sap by hand into buckets that were carried by honda. We stopped often, took dirt roads that led to the ocean and even rode on the ... read more