Ho Chi Minh, Nha Thrang & Hoi An

Sorry about the lack of blogging but the computers here are so bad even typing emails are a hassle.









Anyway after our large night we decided to take it easy and looked around the city some more and discovered the 'Go 2' bar which was full of backpackers and little children trying to hussle you. At first they act all cute but if you're too nice you end up which them all over you which is what happened to Karl. There were two on his back and more yanking at his money belt from the ground. They didn't get any money but took some gum and stuff that was in his pockets.









The next day we travelled to the Reunification Palace and did more exploring of the city and booked out train tickets to Nha Thrang. We departed for Nha Thrang at 1.05pm and arrived at 8.10pm. Checked into our hotel which was 10metres from the beach and learnt what a Vietnamese happy hour is, and in the case of the first place we visited, 9am-4am. They have these drinks called 'jam jars' which is a mixture of something in a plastic jam jar around the size of a pint. Somehow we all made it back to the hotel but in the morning I had to throw my shoes out as they were the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.









In the afternoon after getting annoyed at walking around we decided to hire some scooters. It took me a little longer to get used to it, but in no time we were weaving in and out of traffic like the locals and drove right up along the beach all night. Our next stop was Hoi An but as no trains travelled there we booked a train to Danang in sleeper class to leave at 8.13pm. This left us with all afternoon to travel around on our scooters. We decided to travel to the Long Son Pagoda, a Buddist temple which was very interesting but we seemed to be forced into a 'voluntary donation'.









Got some dinner and had a few drinks in a bar before heading to the train station. The train was a little late but we ended up getting into Danang at 5.45am and took about a 20minute journey to our hotel in Hoi An. Had bacon & eggs for breakfast and will be heading into the centre of town shortly. It is 8.30am right now as I am typing this.

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