So Nha Trang is gorgeous and I would totally recommend EVERYONE go there to laze on the beach. Having said that it's a little bit like Airlie Beach and there is also a touch of Hamilton Island so it may be a bit too familiar for some. I guess I enjoyed sitting on the beach looking at the water. We had breakfast both mornings of our weekend away looking at the water.
We met up with our friends Caroline and William who did the CELTA course with us last year. They are very like minded as they are doing the same thing as us. William landed a job through talking to a guy in a bar in HCMC. He is a Civil engineer and he is now the project manager for a hotel and apartment complex being built on the waterfront in Nha Trang. There is a lot of growth there and it seems very quickly. Caroline said that weekly shops and restaurants are moving to bigger premises. I hardly saw a Vietnamese person, felt like I wasn't in Vietnam which was weird. There are loads of Russians there and menus and signs are all in Russian, as well as Vietnamese and English. Apparently there was a Russian navy base there in the past and there are direct flights from Russia to Nha Trang, escaping from the winter....they are all bright red like the British tourists in Qld :)
1st Breakfast at the sailing club
Relaxing on the lounges, $2 for the day, use of the pool, drink and food service to your bed.
Just about to dunk in the mud baths. Quite the experience, lots of water splashing afterwards. Skin felt amazing, no wrinkles! Might need to go every day?
Dinner with William and Caroline.
The streets flooded while we were having a drink at the bar. The water just couldn't get away. The staff at the small shop with the yellow lights entertained us for ages trying to keep the water out of the shop. Everytime a bus or large car came past it washed water into the shop. The water was completely gone the next morning. Got 3 taxi's between the bar, the restaurant and the place we went for coffee. Would have gotten wet feet otherwise...shortest taxi rides ever!
Looking over to Nha Trang from Vinpearl a resort we went to for some time on Sunday by cable car.
Drinks and lunch at Louisiane. It's the same place we were lounging in front of on the beds. They brew their own beer which apparently is quite good according to the other 3. You can see the vats behind us.
Shot of the beach with a Vietnamese lady selling drinks. They sell everything of course. I guy sells you a lobster, around 6 huge prawns and BBQs them on the beach for you. All for around $5 pp.
In the water after our mud, there was a hot and cold pool. Then you went back in a really hot tub.
Here we are 'massaging our feet' on the water jets. Also went into a grotto type area that shot water out and gave us a back massage, that was one of our favourite bits, didn't want to leave it.
Caroline was a little bit terrified on the cable car, I was just supporting her with my face! :)
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