The drive from Ho Chi Minh - Mui Ne was good, and I met a couple of Austrains on the bus that have been staying at the same hostel as me. It's a good thing too, because I think the three of us have been pretty much the only ones staying at our hotel since we arrived, and it'd be lonely without them. The restaruant at our place shuts down at 5pm and then there is absolutly NOTHING to do, so we've been playing lots of cards.
One night there was the most epic thunder and lightening storm I've ever witnessed! It was craaaaaaaaaazy!! It lasted for over 5 hours and there was huge fork lightening going right down to the horizon of the sea, and massive flashes and thunder rumbles. We sat out and watched it for at least an hour and the Austrians got a few really cool pictures I'm hoping they'll email me. It was really neat!! I've never seen anything like it before...
Mui Ne is nice, but very chilled out. Not much atmosphere, just a nice beach and hot weather- not much to complain about there! There are also a few cool things to check out around the city like the White Sand dunes, the Red Sand dunes and Fairy Stream. There is also amazing sunrises!! The first two nights I was here I got up at 4:45am to watch the sun rise... although I'm NOT a morning person, it was sooooooooooooooooo worth it! Amazing, the whole sky was lit up, and you could see sillouettes of vietnamese fisherman pulling up their nets with their cute little china hats on. Made me wish my silly camera wasn't broken again!!! I'm going to have to replace it when I get to Na Trang later today.
I also did a tour in a jeep with one of the Austrians (the other one had the shiezter from some bad food... hahahaha) and we went to the dunes, and fairy creek (see picture). It was really gorgeous!! The white sand dunes seem so out of place here, its like all of a sudden being transported to the Sahara Dessert... Amazing! The red ones were good too, but the sand was soooooooo hot from the sun beating down on it, and they weren't quite as impressive as the white ones. Fairy stream was way more amazing than I was much better than I anticipated and it had giant red dirt cliffs coming down to bright red sand, and then the water trickling down the middle of the stream. Very cool. I collected some sand from here to send home... (I now have three sand samples, one from Cambodia, and two from Vietnam) I wonder how much it will cost me to send home from Hoi An!! Oh well, it'll be worth it!In a couple of hours I'm catching a bus from here to Na Trang. I was going to take the night bus that leaves at 2am, but then a little Vietnamese lady told me that "Sometime they forget pick you up! You wait till 3am then they no pick you up and you wait next day..." Given that my plan was to give up my hotel room and then sleep on the bus, this plan would have been very shitty if I was left on the streets all night- so day bus it is!! The same lady also said "Day bus good, but sometime air-con no work, hahahaha vietnam bus funny!" Soooooooo... might be an interesting trip to say the least. The good news is I booked a hostel already when I get there so I won't have to wonder around in the dark searching... we arrive at 7pm (ish) so the sun will be down by then.
I'm looking forward to hopefully doing some scuba diving in Na Trang. It's suppsed to be one of the best places in Vietnam to dive, and it's the best time of year for it too! YAY!! Hopefully I won't get eaten by a shark or stung by a creepy vietnamese sea creature...
Anyway, I think that's all for now... Ciao!
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