And the open bus trip begins.....

Farewell Ho Chi Minh, the city of a million mopeds and a million and one people. A very chaotic and crazy city that i do not think we will hurry back to, the time has come to move on so, Nah Trang here we come. Another early morning as we needed to catch our bus to Nha Trang. The buses here are called sleeper buses and instead of normal seats they have two storeys of 3 isles where the seats lay almost completely flat, they are really comfy and Australia should catch on as bus travel would be sooooo much more bareable. They even give you a little blanket, which came in handy as the air con was freezing, and a bottle of water. Although the trip is only 440km it took 12 hours due to the chaotic traffic here but this allowed us to catch up on some much needed sleep. The scenery along the way was interesting and ever changing from rice paddies to busy roadways. Lunch was a very rushed 20 minutes and just as we pulled in there was a downpour that flash flooded the street but i am guessing that is normal. There was a girl who took our order and we had it bought to us and eaten in under 15 minutes.....now that is fast food, and it was delicious. Upon arriving in Nha Trang we were showed a room right where the bus dropped us off and for the large sum of 210,000VD or $11 it will be where we stay for a couple of nights. It is a block from the beach and everything is close. We walked to find some food and stumbled across a little market where we sat and ate Vietnamese Pancake and Vegetable Noodles. The food in Vietnam isn't exciting us yet but we will keep trying different things and see how we go. We saw snake, frog and hedgehog on the menu so there is hope yet. I was told by a Scottish bloke on our tour the other day to make sure we try Che and bugger me we found it in the market so will have a go tomorrow and let you know. The cankle situation improved with the resting but soon returned after walking around tonight....hopefully it will get better. Alvo xo