White and bright, but not quite

We are in Mui Ne right now. A few people had told us not to spend much time here - and well, I would have to agree. Apart from chilling out on a small strip of white sand polluted by resorts and well.. rubbish, there ain't too much to see. We are staying at a really nice resort called Sunshine. It is one of the few with beach and grass, and is a really nice clean room.

We hired a scooter today and decided to explore rather than do the tourist guides which can be a bit drawn out. Was well worth it, as we explored the whole strip and sand dunes where kids rent you plastic sheets to slide down the hill. We also drove back to Phan Thiet to have a looksie - On the way a fellow scooter rider at the front of the pack hocked a fat lougie - I tried to swerve but I collected some of his spittle on my face at 60kmh ( I imagine this happens a bit).. our tour guide the other day said he was riding when a guy in a truck threw an apple out the window and clocked him on the helmet.

The fresh eyes were blown away by the fishing boats around here though. They are quite a splendid site - thousands of boats (seemingly identical) anchored along the coastline over miles of water. It's a crack up watching them fish.. They go out in these giant salad bowls - I don't know how they row them, I'd be going in circles. The poorer ones cruise out in a innertube tyre and hang with their reel - you can just see their heads bobbing.


The food here is fantastic! We went to a restaurant last night - and for $10 nz (prob a bit pricey ;) we had a live snapper shown to us and then Barbequed with lemongrass, rice and salad. Breaky was free with room and was buffet fruit and choice of something from the menu - I chose the mango filled pancakes - ahhhHHHHH sweeet maple.



Tomorrow we head to Dalat. From here we are hoping to hire the Easy Riders (motorcycle guides) to take us from there to Nha Trang.. about 250km. We will probably skip Nha Trang.. as it is a sucker tourist trap, and instead head over to jungle beach which comes highly recommended.