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.