Back to school means back to Mui Ne!

For the past 2 years we have enjoyed a long weekend near the beginning of the school year for Vietnamese National Day.  We spent it at Mui Ne, a coastal town in Vietnam.  This year was no different!  Unfortunately, visiting Mui Ne on a holiday weekend always means a long bus ride.  Even though Mui Ne is only around 215 km from here, the ride took 8 hours!!!  That included a stop of around 20-30 minutes.  I swear the bus ride gets longer every year!

Anyway, we went back to the very same hotel we've been going to... rooms were $30 per night the first two nights, then $40 the last night (increase due to the holiday).  We got free breakfast and the place had a small pool also, right by the beach.

This year we didn't venture out to the famous dunes of Mui Ne since we've seen them twice already.  I did however go to the Fairy Stream again with some friends who were visiting for the first time.  It was beautiful weather the whole weekend.  Aside from the Fairy Stream, the rest of the weekend was spent in the pool, sleeping, reading, and eating at the cheap restaurants in town.  Our favourite lunch spot was a tiny place called Sindbad's that served delicious hummus, shawarma, doner kebabs, etc.  YUM!  Everything was so cheap ($2-4).  It was also our friend Jess' birthday so we went out one night to a seafood restaurant on the beach.  It also had very cheap food, and lots of non-seafood options too.  I had 2 iced teas, veggie spring rolls, tofu with lemongrass and chili, all for around $6 I think.  I also got a massage for one hour which cost $12!  Life is rough here.

Me at the Fairy Stream

Playing around with my camera colours

Hummus and orange/strawberry smoothie from Sindbad's