08/02

Just spent the day in transit back to Saigon. Probably drank my 50th coconut of the trip and imitation Cornetto ice cream.

07/02

Another day of touring but not so packed as the last. Started off in the morning by going straight off to a beach, about 50kms out of town. Bought a football to kick around and within like 5 minutes, there were about 10 guys in a circle and we started a game. Finally got to do some running though my ankle didn't pull up so well; probably need to get that checked out though I will at no cost miss any games. So yeah, just relaxed on the beach and then left at about 11am. went back to the hotel in the arvo, with the choice to go to "Vinapearl' (like Seaworld) which we dogged and just slept in the hotel lol. Then yeah, walked around that night and had the speciality dish of Nha Trang... lost count of how many I ate. Watched football on tele at night and was bitterly disappointed with Chelsea.

06/02

Today was tour around day. Left the hotel at 7.30am after an amazing buffet breakfast. We bused it out of town and then took a boat to Monkey Island. There were monkeys everywhere! The fat king monkey was really fat. You could definitely see everyone respected him. Some other monkeys also robbed the monkey food out of people's pockets. Following this was monkey/dog circus... never seen a monkey ride a bike before, or dogs doing maths. spent time on the private beach and that was nice.
Then we took the boat back and bused it off to the Mud Bath/Mineral Springs. lol this was pretty fun and my skin felt ridiculously smooth after the whole process. the pool was really nice and warm too, like 38 degrees.
After this, we bused it to the iconic temple of the town... really interesting architecture, apparently with a Hindu influence. Great views from the top of the stairs. AND THEN, after that, went to markets and got some souvenirs. That was about it for the day... was really buggered and slept easily that night.


05/02

Finally got out of Saigon today! Had to wake up at sometime around 4.30am. So we left the house bright and early and I was stunned to see people on the streets... AT 4.45AM. Talk about early start. Anyway, got on the coach and spent the day on the bus, eventually getting to Nha Trang at about 5.30pm. It was actually quite fun, we took regular breaks and go to check out really nice coastline views. Got to sleep a bit on the bus too.
After arriving, we had dinner at the hotel and then went for a walk. Very buzzing town, much more than Vung Tau... and plenty to see and eat :). Btw, the hotel was mad. I mean, the shower was separate from the toilet...you can't really ask for more.