Sand in All the Wrong Places!

It was hard to drag ourselves away from the beach, but we must head on to our next destination, Mui Ne. As we spent extra time in Nha Trang we only had one day to explore the town. We joined a half day tour to the local fishing village and the white and yellow sand dunes. It seems that we’ve done more tours in Vietnam than anywhere else. Perhaps it’s too bad that they make the tours so easy and cheap, but it would cost much more money and stress to go about ourselves; although we quickly get reminded why we try to avoid tours as we’re herded around like cattle.

Our first stop was the fishing village, which was quite impressive with the entire horizon dotted with hundreds of fishing vessels and basket boats. We watched as locals mended their nets and packed their boats for the night. One could easily spend hours admiring the daily activities throughout the village, however, a large sand dune was calling our names.


We tried our hand at sliding down the sand dunes with minimal success as Jason stopped after 6 inches. The trick apparently is to lie on your back to distribute the weight as we watched others sail past us. Regardless of the embarrassing attempts of sliding, the view over the dunes was magnificent.


Our tour ended just in time to catch sunset falling across the ocean. We watched as several fishermen were returning to the harbor with their days catch. It was a long day of traveling and touring, but we’re glad to have taken in the sights. Our next stop is Saigon!