Anna We ended our Vietnam trip in the South of Vietnam. We visited a few places in Southern Vietnam. Our first stop was Mui Ne. We craved some beach days. We flew from Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City and afterwards took a taxi to Mui Ne. The taxi cost us 80 euros but it was a 5 hour drive! So a pretty decent price in our opinion. We booked a nice little guesthouse but we didn’t realize that we booked our accommodation in “little Moscow”. The part of town we were staying at was overrun by Russians. Many Russian restaurant owners and you could even buy vodka at the pharmacy, which I thought would probably be typically Russian. The funny thing was that the Russians thought we were one of them, probably because we were staying in “their part of town”. They spoke to us in Russian, waved at us from across the street, handed us Russian pamflets and in restaurants we would get the Russian menu. So we just smiled and waved so that we would fit in perfectly, haha!
We did really enjoy Mui Ne, we visited the red and white sand dunes. It was just marvelous! In the white sand dunes we took a quad bike ride, which was so cool! Afterwards, we watched the sunset in the red sand dunes, which resulted in some beautiful lighting on the dunes. The rest of our time was mostly spent at the beach. My boyfriend knows how to surf and Mui Ne is the perfect place to surf! So, he attempted to teach me how to surf, I still suck but it was fun!
Afterwards, it was time to visit Ho Chi Minh City! I really liked Hi Chi Minh City. Most people like Hanoi better but due to the fact that I was so ill in Hanoi, I couldn’t experience the city properly. So for me, Ho Chi Minh City was much more fun. We decided to visit the War Remnants Museum, which was super interesting. I studied the Vietnam war in high school so it was really fascinating to visit the museum. The museum was super impressive but I did get a little overwhelmed at times by all the horrendous things that happened during the war. Besides roaming around the city, we also took a little trip to the Mekong Delta. We stayed at an amazing little homestay by the water. We had a super cute little cabin and they had lots of cute little puppies! Another funny story to tell, which I probably shouldn’t post online but what the heck, I got really ill again.. So around the evening I suddenly felt unwell. I felt nauseous, starting to sweat and overall just didn’t feel well. So I told my boyfriend during our dinner that I had to vomit. So as I got up, some dude went into the toilet, which was the only toilet there.. So I panicked and looked at my boyfriend. He told me to cross the bridge, there was a footbridge from the restaurant to the cabins, so I ran to the bridge. I tried to cross the damn bridge but it was already too late. I had to think quick, to vomit on the bridge or to vomit from the bridge into the water. The water it was! So I start to vomit into the water and you could hear it all splash into the water. My boyfriend is waving and yelling at me “run further, everyone can see you!!” as apparently I was vomiting in plain sight. So I ran further, holding my hands against my mouth while I’m still vomiting. So it is now running down my arms. So I decided to vomit into the water once again, but this time on the other side of the bridge. Finally, I reached the other side and I was done vomiting. I thought it best to take a shower.. In the morning, I felt a lot better! So I decided to go along with the sunrise tour of the mekong delta. It was a really nice tour as we got to see a floating market. This is where people sell their food from boats and I really liked the fact that they had these poles on their boats with their “menu” on it. We also went on land to visit the market there, which was of course super different than what we are used to. There was raw meat everywhere, just out in the open in 30 degrees.
We ended our Vietnam trip in Phu Quoc. We rented this super cute bungalow near the beach. All the bungalows were unique so that was super cool! We didn’t do much on Phu Quoc, we rented a scooter and visited some nice beaches, the waterfalls and we relaxed a bit! We saw some amazing sunsets, had some great food and tried coconut juice. Unfortunately, our Vietnam trip came to an end but damn what an amazing experience! Would love to go back some day. But now, it was time to go to Cambodia, our last stop on our big trip.
