Nha Trang - Life's a beach

....As Mark said previously we got 3rd class train tickets to Nha Trang. 9 hours on wooden seats and no Air Con...This might not be good!...in fact it was excellent! We woke up at 9am to get the train for 10am. A small bit late as everyone slept through the alarm. Off we set with bags on our backs still half asleep. We suddenly got a good idea to purchase a few alcoholic beverages to ease the pain of the journey...which in our half hungover / half asleep state it was the best idea ever! We finally found our wooden seats but we were all split up and sitting with Vietnamese families. Then the craic started! After a couple of drinks with the locals on the train a sing song was kicked off by none other than Mark Canning. We had old trad songs to westlife..to Garth Brooks....again good man Canning! We were in full flow up until dinner time came around...then things got interesting for me. The Vietnamese family I was sitting with started buying me food...obviously because of my brilliant singing...ah ya! Half fertilized duck eggs were on the menu but I couldn't refuse this "delicious delicacy" (as the locals call it!) as it may be taken as an insult. 4 eggs later and we were still going. It actually tasted fine its just the thought of it more than anything really! Again a good experience but probably will not be having a half fertilized egg again.





We finally arrived at Nha Trang. Off the train with the lads (merry out) and got ourselves a hotel right on the beach...Quality! only $4 a night too which was excellent. It didn't take long for us to head straight to the beach. We needed to work on the tans....this pale Irish look isn't the best. We spent 3 days on the beach just relaxing as there isn't much else to do in Nha Trang but we didn't mind. We needed a few days of relaxation...this year off traveling is stressful! A few of us joined the local beach soccer team for a while....meaning about half an hour as the heat nearly killed us! We Irish lads were not made to run around in that heat so we sadly retired.







The nightlife was quiet in Nha Trang. We went to a number of different pubs such as The Shamrock, Why Not, Crazy Kim's and The Sailing club where everyone seemed to end up. We are getting a bit better at the pool but half the pool tables in the pubs are like an 18th green on a golf course...you would want to be Tiger Woods to put some of the balls in the hole. We will be professional pool players at the end of the trip...I'm sure of it! We ate at a few street vendors for lunch and dinner. You could get a roll with ham, lettuce, tomato, and onion or soup and a roll for a dollar a meal which is pretty sweet. I know its not up there with the half fertilized duck eggs but it will do! On our last night in Nha Trang we had a few drinks, gr abed food at one of the street vendors and watched the sun rise on the beach....not a bad way to spent a night! Nha Trang was a nice place to relax and go to the beach...but after a few days of this we were ready to move on again and buy some tailor made suits in Hoi An...