An 11 hour bus journey took us from Laos to Hue where we
started our Vietnamese adventure with a lazy, boozy boat ride along the river
visiting various temples and tombs.
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boat trip, Hue |
Then
off to beautiful Hoi An, a Unesco World Heritage site and arguably the best place in Vietnam to get
clothes tailor made. With around 200
tailors in town offering items from as little as $15 it would be rude not to
stock up on new outfits – many new outfits to be precise! In between shopping trips, some of the group
hired scooters and bicycles to explore the town and surrounding areas while others
chose to lazy by the hotel pool – bliss!
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Riverfront Hoi An |
Our next destination was the beach town of Nha Trang, our
first beach since Turkey.
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Tim and JMo enjoying early evening drinks on Nha Trang beach |
White
sands fringed with palm trees was the perfect backdrop for the sun lovers
amongst us, whilst others took a boat trip to snorkel the reefs in the surrounding
area. Overall a perfect place to celebrate Stephs 22nd birthday!
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Start as you mean to go on - Steph enjoying a glass of champagne at sunrise on Nha Trang beach |
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Kitesurfer - Mui Ne |
Then onto Mui Ne, the home of kitesurfing. Yet more white sands, warm
seas and an opportunity to chill out at the beach watching the kitesurfers expertly
riding the waves whilst we sat on the beach soaking up the rays, swimming and re-living childhood by building sand castles :-)
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Mui Ne
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Laura and Jay, Mui Ne |
Ho Chi Minh City was our final destination in Vietnam. A bussling modern city full of more people on
scooters than any of us have seen before – you really need 360 vision to cross
the road here!
Our next stop is Phnom Penh, Cambodia so until the next time
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