April 3rd - 5th

We took an early bus to the beach city of Nha Trang. We arrived pleasantly early, in time for lunch. Though we generally opt for local food, this time we caved and had some pizzas. Melted cheese was SO satisfying. Oh man.

We quickly realized that Nha Trang is fairly touristy and a big city. Full of Russians. The menus are in vietnamese and Russian. There are russian signs everywhere. All the white people are Russian. It feels like some weird dystopia.

After lunch, we still had time to go to the beach. The beach was ok - we've been spoiled in SE Asia, and now are not easily impressed. The beach itself was nice enough, but the water was speckled with garbage which was kind of gross. Didn't swim much, but spent some time relaxing on the shore.

That night we went out for a delicious dinner at a lovely little restaurant. One of the tastiest I've had in Vietnam, but it gave me really bad food poisoning! I spent the night vomiting... and stayed home all day the next day watching tv in bed. Disappointing. But the air con and the horizontal day was much needed.

The next morning, on our third and last day in Nha Trang, we went on a boat trip for some snorkelling, swimming, and a floating bar. We were treated to a hilariously terrible musical performance, where one of the boat's crew members dress up as a lady boy and sang us some songs.



We met some really fun English boys. We tired some decent snorkelling. We jumped into the water from the top of the boat, and the crew threw everyone floating rings that we held together, creating the "floating bar". One of the boat's crew had a bigger floating ring that he could fully sit in and pour drinks - he made us some kind of vodka punch that we all drank in our floating fortress. It was pretty hilarious, and pretty random, and pretty fun.

We got back to the pier at sunset. That night, we packed up our things and got ready for an 11 hr overnight bus to Hoi An.

Overall, I kind of failed at taking pictures of Nha Trang.... But I was sick and bedridden! Hoi An is meant to be very photogenic, so if I survive the bus trip, I will be sure to take extra photos in the next few days.

Internet is sketchy again, but I will post more next time I find a decent connection!

Jessica


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Location:Nha Trang