NHA TRANG .....BUZZING BEACH CITY

A 6 HOUR TRAIN JOURNEY ....in another soft sleeper carriage and we arrive at 9.30pm at a busy Nha Trang train station....Trang has booked us a Hotel overlooking the beach and organised for us to be picked up from the station.....bit of a shock when we find no car and our pick us is by two young smiling guys on mopeds! They manage to get our luggage in the foot wells and us on the back and off we go dodging the traffic....a bit hairy to say the least. The highlight of the journey a Western Guy on a skate board hanging onto the back of a motor bike going down the busy beach front road....crazy. The hotel is okay...not 5 star but nice clean large room & bathroom plus a basket to put our washing in for the next to nothing priced laundry service.. that will do nicely.

After a good nights rest we take a walk along the beach and head into the back street of Nha Trang to see the real city....we stumble across a local barber and Paul decides a haircut is just what he needs...

 

 

 
SO ITS A SHORT BACK AND SIDES FOR JUST £1.50!

 

WAITING FOR HIS HAIR CUT THIS YOUNG MAN SHOWS US HIS  PASSION FOR FOOTBALL AND MANCHESTER UNITED!

 

 

ITS OFF TO THE MARKET WE GO .... to soak up the sights sounds and smells of real life for the local Vietnamese...

 

FRESH FISH ANYONE?

OR SHRIMPS MAYBE?

PERHAPS A FRESH CHICKEN (THEY ARE REAL SKINNY COMPARED TO BRITISH ONES

GINGER OR GARLIC?

FRESH VEGETABLES?

A FEW DOZEN EGGS?

OR MEAT...NO CHILLER CABINETS HERE TO KEEP IT COOL AND THE FLIES OFF!

FRESH FRIED DONUTS?

 

 

WE SIT OUT SIDE THE MARKET AND HAVE A DRINK..... there is fierce competition between the stalls for customers and they are all trying hard to attract the mainly Russian tourists to their tables, the majority of which appear totally ignorant and miserable!

NICE HAIR CUT PAUL

 

 



We are approached by an old lady beggar who was just so adorable...how could we not help her?

BLESS HER, SHE COULD BARELY WALK AND LOVED THIS PHOTO WHEN WE SHOWED IT TO HER!

 

 

 

ONE OF SEVERAL TAILORS WORKING ON THE PAVEMENT. WE WATCHED AS SHE WAS SEWING AND TRIED THIS TOP ON HERSELF TO CHECK THE SIZE!

 

ONE WAY TO CATCH A POWER NAP!

 

 

 

 

DAY TWO IN NHA TRANG....is some R&R soaking up the sun on the gorgeous beach......sunbeds, umbrella and towels for hire at £1.50 for the day....lovely and relaxing. We are surrounded by Russians who we are told make up the majority of the tourist in Nha Trang (they can fly directly into the resort.) Got to say we have never seen so many huge people in swim shorts and bikinis, they tower over the Vietnamese and we feel positively skinny next to them!

 

THIS PINEAPPLE IS YUMMY!

BEACH SIDE RESTAURANT FOR DINNER!

VERY GIDDY AFTER A LITTLE WINE.....WE TAKE A SELFIE!

 

 

 

AFTER 3 NIGHTS ITS TIME TO MOVE ON....NHA TRANG IS A LOVELY PLACE ....SPOILT TO AN EXTENT BY THE RUDE, AGRESSIVE, MISERABLE RUSSIANS WE ENCOUNTERED. THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE THE LOVELIEST AND MOST ACCOMODATING YOU COULD WISH TO MEET AND DONT DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS WE OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES......ITS A CATCH 22 SITUATION THOUGH AS THEY NEED THE RUSSIAN TOURISTS MONEY TO SURVIVE!