...that really was the question. As we near the end of our month in Vietnam, the question on our minds is if it is worth heading to Vung Tau. This coastal city is a couple of hours from Saigon, our final destination. With a few days to spare we decided to head over to the domestic tourist hot spot to see what the hype was all about.
Sadly the place didnt live up to the "googled" hype. After making the short journey from Mui Ne on another local bus we arrive in what feels like a town that time forgot. For a city there is no one here. We counted about 10 western faces in three days. A proper vietnamese experience I hear you say? Well unfortunately the place was a bit dirty. The beach is pretty much non existent with large rocks and boulders blocking any sort of beach fun.
Our first hotel was something out of a horror film. The place was abandoned so the huge corridors and grounds gave off a very eery feel. Our room unfortunately already had someone in there. A family of cockroaches made the first nights sleep quite tense. I managed to capture three of them under glasses. But ran out after this, out came the flip flop! This coupled with the dirt in the room and the midgies, who absolutely loved feasted on my legs, made our stay in this hotel very short. In the morning I cut our stay short and checked us onto a better hotel that had a sister resort and pool we could use.
With the place being a bit of a domestic tourist hotspot the prices reflected that. Food seemed to be more but didnt reflect any increase in quality.
When it came to attractions there didnt seem to many. We took full advantgae of the pool which no one else used. We hit up a vietnamese cinema, making a change to UK prices, all in with popcorn 4 quid. Bargin.
Today we are on another local bus heading to Saigon Otherwise known as Ho Chi Mi City. I've heard good things. We are both looking forward to getting back on the backpacker trail before our adventure takes us into Cambodia.
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