As we where picked up for our night bus the fun began, as it was 1hour and 20 mins late to start with and then we where made to sit on the bottom and at the back of the bus on the row of 5 sleeper beds and needless to say Leanne was feeling a little claustrophobic!
Nha Trang is apparently home to the best public beach in Vietnam, it is pretty awesome but for me the best beach is still Cau Dai in Hoi An.
After yet another 12 hour bus journey we arrived and where greeted by the usual people offering us the best rates and deals on hotels and taxi's. Fortunately we where only around the corner from our hotel - and this is where the fun began!
A lady led us to our room on the 5th floor, but as soon as we got inside we realised it was not the room we originally booked as it didn't even have any windows! We asked the lady about this and she laughed at us and spoke to another lady in Vietnamese which started to annoy me (as I was already tired from the journey) and she said we couldn't have the right room as the people who where already in there didn't want to check out - I kindly but forcefully pointed out that this was not our problem and told them to ask them to get out of our room! She offered us a stay at another hotel for no extra cost as apparently this hotel was of a higher standard - just let me say that it wasn't so we refused and asked for our money back, but they wouldn't refund us and to cut a long story short we got the correct room at midday and everything from then on was fine.
Just in case you where wondering the hotel is called The Ruby Hotel ( do not stay there).
We then headed to the beach for more chilling out and a few beers before meeting up with Alex and Holly two new friends we met in Hoi An. Later that night we went to an American owned rib house which smoked their own meat (I realise what I have just typed) for 5 hours before cooking it. Needless to say all the guys had amazing chicken and ribs whilst I tucked into a jacket potato and vegetarian quesadilla's, but mine was still pretty awesome! We then went for a few drinks in a bar that we where pretty sure was doubling up as a brothel as there where plenty of sleazy western men and a lot of scantily clad Vietnamese ladies but it was buy 1 get 1 free so we stayed for a couple of drinks.
The next day was pretty much a repeat of the first and we arranged our onward travel, Next stop Mui Ne.
To see our pictures from Nha Trang click on the link below;
https://picasaweb.google.com/112941139607408893724/NaTrangVietnam3rdJune5thJune2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCJe0vJKCjqW0Jg#
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