Further up the coast to Nha Trang...

As you can see, Cindy and I are now soaking here in the glorious deep sea mineral mud at a 'Hot Springs and Deep Sea Mineral Mud Spa' just outside the city of Nha Trang, which was our next stop up the coast of Vietnam. This was a rather blissful and luxurious day without the usual 'luxury prices' hee hee! I was actually a little apprehensive as to how good soaking in mud(!) would actually feel but it felt great, and i'd recommend it to anyone! :) The swimming pool on the other hand, being a 'hot spring pool' (obviously!) was not on the overly relaxing and 'feel good' side as to start with - it was a boiling hot sunny day so generally you jump into a pool to cool off, not completely scold yourself (ok - so slight exaggeration but it was crazily intense!).

Nha Trang was also a place of us having heaps of fun, and of course taking in some of the sights alaong the way! We met up with an English girl (Sarah) that we had briefly met in Saigon and a friend of hers (Huan), and spent a few days there altogether which was cool.

We spent many a nights in the Red Apple Bar which then lead us nicely on to Why Not?, both of which i'd recommend to anyone heading to Nha Trang! :)

One way to see four of the islands off the Vietnamese coast is by hopping on board one of the very popular 'Booze Cruises'... Maybe not the best way to actually 'see' the Islands, as all tends to become a bit hazy, but certainly the way to have a laugh whilst 'sight-seeing'!!! :)

Hmm... Beer in the morning followed by a floating bar of copious amounts of free(!!) local rice liquor, then Ella insisting on attempting to kayak out to one of the islands is maybe not the safest mix but boy it was fun! The boat alos provided an interesting array of entertainment - with their own version of a Vietnamese Boy Band (yikes!), then audience participation in a session of karaoke! Eeek! All extremely cheesy but naturally helped keep the alcohol flowing! ;)