I am writing this as we are about to board our bus for Nha Trang. We've spent the last week in the lovely beach town of Mui Ne, home to powdery white sand dunes, fishing villages, and millions of wind and kite surfers that flock from everywhere to enjoy this windy, gorgeous coastline. We initially planned on staying only a few days, but ended up staying 7!! I guess traveling had kinda worn us out, and it was a much needed and very tranquil holiday--- lots of sunning ourselves on different beaches, body surfing in the waves, riding bicycles, and lounging at expat bars and cafes. Our favorite was Joe's Art Cafe, owned by a Vermont restauranteur and open 24 hours....great live music, coffee, and excellent pizza! I know it sounds blasphemous to be eating pizza in Vietnam (we did have some excellent pho in Saigon) but we just can't get enough of it right now for some reason! There are all sorts of little tables along the beach next to tanks filled with different kinds of live fish, shark, turtles, snakes, eels, shell fish, etc, and they will grill it up right there for you! But we weren't too keen on that...sharks are endangered species aren't they?! Ha! So far on this trip we've been mostly eating vegetarian, especially after seeing the raw meat in markets with flies buzzing around it and sad looking fish in dirty tanks. Not to mention all of the crazy things the Cambodians eat, God bless 'em.....I'm talking everything under the sun: fried spiders, beetles, boiled duck embryo, you name it. We do love the noodle soups, hot pot, fried rice, curries, spring rolls, and fruit smoothies which are like a dollar everywhere. The food is super cheap and tasty.
Also, as you might remember, Jon lost his wedding band at a beach in New Zealand, and we bought a really cheap brass one in Phuket to replace it til we were stateside again. Well, he just lost the brass one in the waves! Now I'm especially glad I didn't bring mine along...
Photos: Vietnamese children selling pearl necklaces. Jon bought me one and took this awesome photo of them. And the fishing village...
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