Vietnam Day 4 - Nha Trang

This was written on the notepad when we didn't have internet connection

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If I had to compare between Da Lat and Nha Trang, I prefer the latter for its unkitschy sort of tourism, even though it caters more to the foreign tourists rather than its domestic tourists. Nha Trang screams of consumerism. Every imaginable kind of service can be found at every turn of the street. Whether it is foot massage, dive shops, or beauty salons, or even book exchange cafes. I guess it is very much like Pattaya, except that there isn’t as much sleaze like Pattaya.

Below is the videolog Brother and I did when we just reached:



Brother and I just did a quick calculation on how much money we’ve left, and turns out that for the entire trip, we probably need about US$100 per person to budget comfortably within our means. However it is highly recommended that if you have any remaining USD from other trips, use them instead of exchanging SGD for VND because the difference in cost is about 5%. We made a mistake by bringing less USD and more SGD to change into VND as we thought it might be better. Now we are carefully budgeting our USD so hopefully we can avoid using VND at most places whenever possible. Our meals are usually settled at one of the many streetside stalls selling local delicacies. A bowl of pho bo would cost around 8000VND ($0.80) per bowl as compared to restaurants where it costs us about 60,000VND (S$6) per person in general.

The moon is shining so brightly in Nha Trang tonight, and here I am blogging from the rooftop terrace of the hotel, where I can have a relatively clear view of the sea even though it is slightly out of the main cluster area where most shops and bars are located. Our room comes with a balcony and it is just 1 floor below the roof terrace hence other than going to sleep, whenever we are back in the hotel we just slack around the roof terrace. All these for just US$12/night.

Along our bus ride here we made some new friends and tonight we will most probably see them around at a bar around the area. Drinks are dirt cheap over here, with a doubleshot vodka with mixer costing 15000VND (S$1.50). The night is much longer than day, as sun sets around 530pm here. Now the brother and I are here at the roof terrace doing our own stuff, waiting for time to pass before we head down to the bar.. *hic*