Sunburnt in Nha Trang

17th to 19th of October

I got sunburt, the first bit of sun we get in and I get all excited don't consider how hot it actually is. MEGA FAIL. By the time we got to Nha Trang I was creeping towards lobster teritory.

The journey from Mui Ne to Nha Trang had some really cool coastal views. It also included one nutcase of a driver in a bus that overtook us and then everything ahead of us at full spead swerving off the road and nearly crashing multipule times. Thankfully our driver was a bit more reserved. This bus journey I introduced Nikki to the delightful music of Example.

We stayed at our first backpackers orientanted accomodation in Nha Trang. The area itself had a very party drunken atmosphere. Food was overpriced and the beach wasn't too great. We got told we were being moved rooms and had to pay more money even though we booked two nights and they addmitted to making a mistake. Good example of south east Asian customer service!

In the hostel we had panics and were a little worried about althe weather. To the east out in the ocean was typhoon meggie and we were considering when we should try Bali to get the best weather. We met some Kiwi girls Gabby & Milley in the hostel who were going in a similar direction as us and seemed unphased by the weather. We were more cautious but we reasured that people we going in the same direction.

The second evening we ate some seafood at a decent looking cheapish place and were again greeted by south east Asian customer service when the wrong food was brought out. After appologisng for the mistake the waitress just suggested I eat this meal instead, not for free or discounted, just I should now accept this one instead. It was a strange skinny looking fish, I wasn't having any of it and declined.

We got a sleeper train out of Nha Trang to Hoi An. I was excited about the prospect of maybe being able to actually sleep on public transport at night and the possibility of getting a tailored suit made in Hoi An, following in the footsteps of Top Gear. To our suprise we were sharing our cabin with Elizabeth and Bevea from Mui Ne! We said hello again shared some stories and tried to settle in. This was completely brought to a hault by a barrage of cockroaches that I had to keep grabbing with toilet paper and throwing in the bin down the hall.....we ran out of toilet paper not cockroaches. All of us slept in blankets and heads covered, still atleast I did fit in this mode of transport, just about.