Mui Ne catch up

Just one more stop to cover before we are up to date in Saigon/HCMC.

Mui Ne




We had caught another sleeper train (more comfortable the the last one) from Da Nang to Nah Trang and then picked up at the station by the hotel's driver who transferred us to the hotel. A five hour transfer will always seem very long after a night on a train (or plane) but it was a modern car with working AC and good suspension, the driver was even very careful by South East Asia standards and didn't partake in the game of double lorry chicken. Five hours on bad roads (the good road was being repaired the whole way) after a night in a train is less amusing. Five hours of the same V-Pop CD after a night on a train left us both a little slack jawed and dribbling (why so very very loud).

We went to Mui Ne because we wanted to see the sea once on this trip (we did get to the beach near Hoi An but we hadn't planned that). Mui Ne has a beautiful beach, with very little trash and a very low hawker count (two I think).


We sat under a tree and had a read for a few mornings.

The Mui Ne highlight was probably Iron Man/Rocket Man.

Play Aqua-rocketman Video

I can't really describe it any better than that video, he was amazing. If you fancy giving it a go it was $50 (I don't like sea water much so I watched from dry land but if they get hover boards working I'm there).

We stayed at the very appropriately named Mui Ne Hills hotel, the steep hill was worth the view and the very refreshing breeze. We had breakfast each morning looking out from the terrace of the bar/restaurant (again appropriately named Breeze). They also did a really mean Veggie Pizza.

We have discovered a new delicious drink that has replaced coffee, Italian soda. It is basically really thick fruit cordial topped up with soda water. This may not be news to anyone else but it is new to us and amazing on a hot day.







On our last night in Mui Ne we sat on the balcony, with the super moon reflected in the sea, trying to catch a glimpse of the meteors.

Mui Ne may not be our top beach destination but you can't complain about seeing a super hero and doing a bit of star gazing.