Blogs from Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 2

Saturday 21st November 2015 Literally a day of travel. A quick breakfast of pancakes (standard!), followed by a taxi ride to Da Nang station (about 45 mins away) to bored our 1pm train for the 9 hour journey to Nha Trang, arriving at 10pm. Given we'd be travelling all day, we opted for £18pp soft sleepers rather than seats giving us a bit more room to stretch our legs and the option to have a comfy(ish!) nap. Again, I napped for Britain spending most of our 9 hours in a quiet slumber aboard my top bunk waking up in time to see us approach Nha Trang by night. We arrived late and took a taxi straight to our Hotel, Duy Phuoc Hotel, which cost us £3.60 each per night. It was very modest, but was clean ... read more

After relaxing by the pool and beach for most of the morning in Quy Nhon, it was time to find our way to the train station. This would be the second leg of our one night stay over in Nah Trang. In true Macdowell form, I had us there 2 hours before check in. It gave us time to find lunch and train supplies. We booked a soft seat ticket this time as the trip to Nah Trang was suppose to be 6 hours. By this stage all of our transport times had blown out 1-2 hours. This trip was no exception. We arrived in Nah Trang just before midnight. Before we came to Nah Trang we were told by locals and travellers it wasn't their favourite place to stop and it full of Russians. Perhaps ... read more

Time to write the last blog of this little two weeks trip. Our next stop is in Saigon...kids will be for three days with their Mum....I'll be 36 hours in Saigon...little business...little shopping....and drinks with friends! And yes, it will be time to go home! Therefore, no blog about Saigon....sorry! So last entry of a trip I should never have done! Let say it was a pretty good one....if only for the amount of fresh spring roll I shared with Leslie. Sad to have to admit it...these two have seriously lost most of their Vietnamese skills. Don't ask me why, I never grasped much of this tough language....they say...if you don't practice, you lose it....sad to see how fast Tiffany has lost a language in which she was fully immersed for a good 9 years! After ... read more

We spent this last week in a town on the coast of Vietnam called Nha Trang. Vietnam is a lovely place full of lovely people. We are heading north today to Hoi An on a sleeper bus.... read more

der nachtbus…hat prinzipiell seine berechtigung ob der tatsache, dass nicht nur eine hotelübernachtung sondern auch ein urlaubstag im bus eingespart wird. allerdings bringt er auch seine signifikanten nachteile in form von unerhört laut schreienden busfahrern, ständigem gehupe (auch nachts!) und rumpeligen straßen sowie blinden passagieren - die busfahrer nehmen ständig leute von der straße mit, um ihr gehalt aufzubessern. der nachtbus bleibt also ein erlebnis, das uns in diesem fall einen weiteren tag am strand erlaubt, zumal wir fürchterlich müde sind. in nha trang angekommen fallen uns gleich mal die vielen russischen übersetzungen auf. alle speisekarten sind zuerst in russisch, dann erst in englisch übersetzt. der grund dafür liegt auf der hand: gut 90% der touristen sind russen. mir ist das ohnehin lieber als deutsche und franzosen, wie in hoi an. dementsprechend gehen wir auch glei ... read more