Nha Trang

On the bus ride over we encountered the crazy Vietnamese man but we also met some very cool and normal people. Among them, Ressie, a young American girl out here on a year long travel of the world, decided to join us or we join her, couldn't really tell how that worked. We ended up splitting a 3 bed room which was dirt cheap. The first day there (i.e. after a nice 4hr nap after the bus) we putzed around and went to the beach. We found a jetski rental place and went, wakeboarding, waterskiing and attempted skurfing. (Surf board pulled by motor boat). That night we went to another tourist bar place but found it pretty dead so with Ressie's talents at finding out the 'locals' spot we went to the "No.1 Club", really that was its name. We walked in to discover house and trance music pumping all around and that we were the only three non-Vietnamese in the bar. Great experience and most entertaining when girls are coming up to you in amazement that your skin is so white, what can I say I'm a pale guy. Another highlight was Dave on the dancefloor towering over absolutely everything in sight. There are pictures of that but on Ressie's camera so we'll see if we get hold of those. The next day we went on the boat tour which was terrific and basically had us for 8 hours on a boat with about 40 other people going to different islands to swim and snorkel. At one of the stops they put a floating bar out on the water and made us drink, we somehow managed to comply. Of course when we got back even though I had applied sunscreen 3 times I still had a massive burn on my back and shoulders. On our last day there we rented motorbikes and went all around town literally from one edge of the city to the other. It was great and for $5 for the day how could we go wrong. I have no pictures of the boat cruise nor the water skiing because something inside me said bringing my camera in water was just a good way not to get anymore photos at all. That was Nha Trang, a pretty fine city, and a great change from the big cities. Next stop Hoi An after another 12 hours bus ride.

For pictures of the motorbike day go here: http://ubc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2093929&l=e4221&id=21005310