A bargain at just over a quid for the day. You need the shade cos it's way too hot for sunbathing. All the bright red tourists walking around showed that.
Are we still on holiday? - oh yes, cos it's New Year AGAIN! February 16th 2010 After a few days in Dalat we moved on to Nha Trang. Nha Trang is a beach resort about 5 hours by bus away via many a long and winding road down through the mountains. The scenery en route was pretty spectacular - even the toilet stop was at a roadside cafe surrounded by luscious green mountain scenery. A pretty amazing place for a loo.
Nha Trang is actually quite a big city. It's not the place ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Khanh Hoa » Nha Trang The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia.
Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth....
"Where next?" you might ask.
Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam.
We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info