Nha Trang

After a good sleep on the night bus we negotiated a top floor room with a sea view and air con for 5 gbp! Very cheap.

Nha trang is a beach resort and was a welcome break from our city visiting! 

We had a bumper breaky and headed down to the beach, where we stayed for the rest of the afternoon! Emma had a massage from one of the ladies which she liked! The ladies on the beach were pretty well equipped and sold everything. A couple behind us ordered lobster and it was cooked on a BBQ at the bottom of their sun bed!

We ended up eating late somehow. The only place open for food was a kareoke bar which was rubbish! We decided to order food but have it in the bar opposite which was fine!

We booked on a boat trip for 3.50gbp which was very cheap considering we had lunch, snorkelling, disgusting free wine and out all day! When we got picked up we were slightly aprehensive about the trip as we were the only western people on the bus. That's not meant in a bad way but when the trip advertises music and dancing the people on the bus didn't look the dancing type. To our relief there were some English speaking westerners already on the boat when we got there.

First stop was at a pretty bad aquarium that was in a boat. The tanks were tiny and the fish didn't look happy (-when do they ever though!) ! There were some amazing fish there including reef sharks and turtles but it was all a bit sad to see. See photo for really big random fish (Emmas the one on the right!)

The snorkelling was ok. The few types of fish that were there were colourful. 

Lunch was pretty good with... Rice ofcourse! The entertainment started as we were on the top deck. As we got downstairs they were playing drums and guitar with the tour guide singing. It was pretty funny, we were like where did that come from!?! An Aussie family on the tour then started playing guitar and sang which was pretty cool. 

The guy threw a few floats in the water and gave us all rings to lye as he became barman. We started chatting to everyone that was in the water ( westearners basically) and aftr a while realised we had floated away from the boat! Spent the next 30 minutes swimming slowly back to the boat.

We were all chatting about the Vietnamese on the boat. They didn't get in the water, didn't chat or smile! Not sure what they were expecting from a boat tour that offered mainly water based activities!

The Aussies didn't do much to calm our nerves about the sea in oz either. We asked them about jellyfish. He said they were fine, you just have to urinate on yourself (or get a close friend to do it!) He said the sea urchins and oster shells and more of a common injury. And although they see sharks, they don't bother you! That is unless you're one of the unlucky ones that gets eaten by one.

All in all it was a really good day, the people we met were nice and the sun was out!
We found a good bar in the evening that sold nice mojitos and had British based music.

The weather wasn't sunny the next day so we headed to the sitting budha on top of the hill. The budha is said to look over the entire city but it's surrounded by trees so you can't see! A kid found it pretty funny to walk round like a wideboy whilst wearing my sunglasses. He told me to tense my bicep muscle and then he headbutted it which was random but very funny!

That night we had tried some fish - a red snapper and huge tuna steak ( a safe option!). It was cheaper than uk but pricey for what we have been paying but definately worth it. Headed to same bar again and it was really lively. We saw people we had met prevously and new faces. We all went to the beach bar later and had a dance. Then it was 2am and we were getting up at 6.45am for our bus to Da Lat. Ooops!