Nha Trang

We arrived in Nha Trang early evening on Friday, tired after an early start in Mui Ne for our sightseeing tour. 

THAT'S RIGHT - STILL NO TAN.....! (For Tim)

So early to bed and up the next morning to go and explore. Sadly when we woke on Saturday morning it was raining, but that didn't stop us from strolling for what seemed like miles along the beach. Always a great way to start the morning.


We then walked around the main parts of Nha Trang town. A lot of places really gearing up for the halloween weekend of parties. Nha Trang seems to be the main beach place on Vietnam`s coast and it certainly seemed to be setup that way, but not like in Thailand where it is a bit too much in your face, more a lot of local bars, shops and restaurants. 


So after lunch we decided to start the obligatory planning of how we were going to travel on our next stage of our trip. We headed in to a local tour office and saw something on the wall called the "Easy Rider Tour". We enquired and were told it was a way of seeing the Central Highlands of Vietnam either as a passenger or riding your own motorbike.... 


Now this instantly put a little sparkle in our minds...what were we to do....did we have enough time...do we have enough money....will it be safe.....


Well within the hour we had paid a deposit and were walking back to the shop to have a lesson in how to ride a motorbike. Now Kip and I have both ridden mopeds before, nice and easy, twist the handle and away you go. However i decided to bite the bullet and learn to ride a proper motorbike. We went round the corner from the shop and after a brief tutorial i was off, wobbling down the street, trying to remember which foot was the break and which hand was to change gear. 


Shortly after this we were soon back in our hotel, packing a small rucsac for a 4 day, 3 night motorbike tour...let the fun begin !