Nha Trang

Vietnam is, crudly speaking, long and thin. The magority of toutists I have met are either travelling north to south (like me) or south to north. This means that touse travrlling in the opposite direction to you are full of useful (and some not so useful advice) on the things youshould see and places you shoud go. Almost everyone I have met to who has been to Nha Trang has told me to skip it. "Tacky, touristy, busy, expensive, a rip off" I decided to go anyway to find out for myself. It will break up the journey between Quy Nhon and Da Lat and I want to see for myself the contrast with Quy Nhon, where i struggled to find another tourist, and Nha Trang 135 miles away

By contrast everyone I met in Nha Trang seemed to love it there, probably to do with the beach, the night life and the huge water park. It is very touristy and there are some eyesore hotels along the strip and my oppinion was somewhere in between, not somewhere I want to spend a huge amour of time but fun for a day and interesting to see.

Quy Nhon

Google translate tells me this says 'FIRMLY DEFEND THE MOTHERLAND SOVEREIGNTY VIETNAM'

The beach is deserted all day, then at 3pm the lifeguards appear and then between 4pm and sunset at about 6.15pm the beach is full of people swimming and playing beach volleyball and football.

Breakfast and the local beer. 10000 VND per bottle (30p)

Kim Bong Carpentry Village

Mŷ Són

A morning trip from Hoi An to the ancient Cham ruins at My Son. Many of the temples were destroyed in the American war and only 20 of original 70 survive.

Food

Just for Sam

More Hoi An

6 Days in Hoi An

If Disney were to design a 15th century trading port in Vietnam it would look like Hoi An Ancient Town. I got sucked in by the Disney; booked for three nights, stayed for 6.
It is a beautiful place but the centre is dominated by tourism and somehow it has managed to stay fairly tasteful. It is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage

I cycled to a pottery villiage expecting to find some nice ceramics. All that was there was tiles and bricks. Still, it was a nice ride and interesting to see.

I had a rest on the way back and some hammock time.

It was a short cycle to Cua Dai Beach where a spent 4 of my 6 days.

Hoi An is also famous for all its tailor shops. I managed to only spend $10 on two dresses.