Week 1 - Done and Dusted

So first up a quick sorry for taking so long between updates.  Lots to do and a bout of delirium in between. 

Mui Ne -  4 days on the beach - well 2 on the beach / pool and 2 in bed recovering from whatever I ate that didn't agree with me.  Skye had a one off vomit and was good as gold again, but it took me two days of the shivers to shake it off. 

All in all, Mui Ne is a rip-off joint but we had a pretty good time.  The best bit was a day trip out into the countryside and up into some cool sand dunes (see the photos).  The funniest bit was having to hear some little kite-surf grommet say “you’re at the end of the world here, man”.  Nice to know that the end of the world is only a short bus trip from an international airport.  Oh, by the way, the end of the world also has Pizza, Icecream, Beer, running water, electricity, free wifi and pool tables.  TWAT!!

It wouldn't be so bad if there was some consistency to the madness.  Sometimes the price is really high, sometimes low for the same thing.  And it is not like Thailand (or any of the other haggle countries) where you walk away and they call you back with a lower price.  They don't care if they miss a sale here, but are very aggressive and blatant with scamming you here.  Service is appalling too.  I guess the kiteboarding groms haven’t endeared themselves to the locals either and they take it out on all tourists.

Dalat - been here 2 days now and love it.  The people are friendly and this is more like the Vietnam I was hoping for; although very different than expected.  We already know some people around town and have found it very easy to see the sites without using an organised tour.  Unfortunately, we decided it was too expensive to go with an "Easy Rider" to Nha Trang, but for any one coming to Vietnam, I would recommend thinking about using their services - nice guys and very dedicated.

Tomorrow we are off to Nha Trang on another "killer" bus trip.  We met a family here doing a similar thing as us, and he refers to them as Mr K's i.e. Kenevel.  Most having been kicked out of Evel's stunt school for being too psycho.  I turned to religion after our Mr K thought honking his horn real loud was a safe way to warn any potential oncoming traffic of his latest stunt which involved overtaking a truck into a blind corner.  Funny thing is, everyone here uses the same system of madness and apart from one lorry in a ditch, we haven't encountered any other evidence of stunts gone wrong. 

Pray for us people.

Till Nha Trang (hopefully).

Mum - stop worrying