Flying back to England

 

Today is the day that I'm flying back to England. I'm leaving for the airport, which is only 20 minutes from my house, in a few hours time.

 

I'm flying with Emirates who I've flown with before and are very good. I fly from HCMC to Dubai, wait a couple of hours then get another plane to Gatwick.

 

Total flying time is about 15 hours and I arrive at about 7am London time. I come back to Ho Chi Minh City on 2nd January 2013.

 

Not sure how much updating of the blog I will do when I'm in England as the whole purpose was to let people know how I was getting on in Asia. I suppose now I will let people I know in Asia know how I'm getting on in England.

 

One thing I'm intested to see is how used to the heat I've got since I've been away. We will see....

 

 

 

Getting ready for England.....

Erosion of the sand dunes by thee fairy springs in Mui Ne

I got back from holiday from Mui Ne yesterday. The journey took about 7 hours which was much longer than it should have. The Ho Chi Minh City traffic was particularly bad on the way into the city.

 

For the next few days I'm going to be sorting all my stuff out and getting ready for my flight. I fly at 2025 on 10th December. I change in Dubai before moving onto Gatwick. Then its the National Express back to Poole.

 

 

Cham tower in Mui Ne. Picture makes it look quite good

I'm getting myself ready for the cold, it will have been 572 days since I left England when I arrive home. 

 

I've added a few pictures from my recent holiday. Both places would be great to go back to for a holiday.

 

The first one is of some of the sand at the fairy springs. It was fascinating to see how the sand was been eroded away.

 

The second is of one of the Cham towers in Mui Me and the final picture is of our chilli plant in our garden. Its a great plant, it makes so many chillis!!!

 

So many chillis!!!

 

Mui Ne and Pham Thiet, Vietnam

Nha Trang to Mui Ne

 

 

Red sand dunes.

We travelled from Nha Trang to Mui Ne a few days ago. Mui Ne is a little bit closer to home and somewhere I've wanted to visit for a while. The beach is no way near as nice as Nha Trang but there are some good things to see.

 

We hired a motorbike as a lot of the sights are spread out. There are some red and white sand dunes which may not sound very interesting but they are just in land and not next to the sea. We had to visit them early as the sand gets too hot. There were locals who you could hire boards off to slide down the dunes which was pretty cool.

 

Fairy Springs

There is also a place called the 'fairy springs' which is a small stream next to some red and white sand dunes in Mui Ne . The spring flows to the sea from a waterfall avbout 1km in land. As its next to the sand dunes the river is red with the sand and you can walk all the way to the small waterfall. It was great walking up this stream in bare feet.

 

We also visited the town Pham Thiet which wasn't anything special and a few Cham Towers. The Cham people lived in Vietnam around a thousand years ago and built some towers in various places. There are some in Nha Trang too. The towers aren't that visually impressive and I feel bad saying that as they were built by some people about 1000 years ago but they were still good to see.

 

It's back to HCMC tomorrow to get ready for m return to England on 10th December.

Nha Trang, Vietnam

Nha Trang beach

I've been in Nha Trang for the past 5 nights. It's a great small town with a fantastic beach. We've done all the sight seeing things and have relaxed on the beach. The weather, as always, has been great.

 

We went out on a snorkeling trip yesterday. - which was amazing with the best fish I've seen in Asia. We hired a motorbike to see the sights around the town the day before and went to a water park / arcade / theme park place called Vinland the day before.

 

 

 

 

View of Nha Trang from Vinland

Most nights we have eaten in the local night market where they cook fresh seafood. One of the other nights we went to a place where they put a BBQ on your table and you cook beef. It was excellent.

 

It's a great place and definitely somewhere I'd want to come back to. I'm off to another beach town tomorrow for a few nights called Mui Ne then after that it's back to HCMC before flying to England.