Nha Trang is a beach town and the dive capital of Vietnam. With the beach comes long stretches of beach bars, lots of gorgeous seafood and an array of dive shops and boat trips on offer. So happy to be here we walked up and down the length of the beach about 3 times to feel the sand between our toes before we stopped to register that it was 4pm and we had not had any lunch (breakfast was a box of Oreo's and some Pringles as we didn't want to brave any of the train food on offer)
Lets just say this picture sums up how we have spent our evenings in Nha Trang.
This bar is actually a little brew house on the beach (there behind the palm trees are the waves) and the band starts at 8pm - really, really tough to make big life decisions about which beer to try next under these conditions!
The daytime in Nha Trang yesterday was spent in the Thermal Springs Mud Baths - Thap Ba. I am still not sure about the sitting in mud pools, but Simon was happy as a pig in ....
I was however amused at the enthusiasm with which Simon threw himself into the whole thing....I am not sure if it was the 'cleansing effects' or playing mud monster that really attracted him!
Thap Ba is very cool and we spent most of the day either in mud or hot springs or having a massage - it was a rather warm day too, so we are both a little pink today!
With seafood being right on the doorstep, there are lots of sellers touting fresh lobster, crab, conch .... you name it! We were not brave enough yet to buy from them for fear of 'bad belly', but the picture of them wandering down the beach with their steaming crab, conical hats and baskets was worth a photo.
Another day of long, palm-tree-lined beaches awaits - hope you are all having fun.
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