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Travel To Vietnam – Mui Ne, Dalat, Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta

By: Lachlan Salman - Article Submitted on: 2008-08-09


We visited Mui Ne on 23rd March, a beach town in Vietnam. The bus which arrived two and a half hours late was soon filled to capacity when everyone boarded it. Ten minutes after that, it stopped to pick up ten Vietnamese who sat on the aisles and they sat there for six long hours which seemed crazy. It was a lengthy seventeen and a half hours before we arrived at the destination where we booked into a guest house right at the beach.

The day we want to travel by motorbike , we hired a motorbike and set off to the red sand dunes. These were amazing - golden dunes stretching for miles! We went dune sliding which was great fun. Getting back up however was hard work - 2 kids about 5 years old grabbed my hands and pulled me back up! We then stood watching taking in the views waiting for sunset. Our peaceful experience was soon ruined by 2 local kids about 10 years old who started swearing at us and throwing wet sand because we didn't slide with them. Initially we told them we would slide with them but 'later' after we had taken some photos - this wasn't good enough for them so they started swearing at us, calling us lairs and we would burn in hell - such charming children!!





We also visited the white sand dunes which were equally spectacular, situated by a lake. They looked stunning against the blue sky. On our way there the motorbike skidded on some sand, the bike toppled over and we ended up in a small sand dune. When Tracey stood up I had to stop myself from laughing, she landed face first with her mouth open in the sand dune - her face was completely covered in sand, she looked like the Sand Monster in Spiderman 3! It was so funny. No major injuries, just a few bruises!

Travel in Mui Ne Vietnam, We spent 3 days in Mui Ne before travel to Dalat Vietnam which is quite high up on central Vietnam. There we spent the day with 2 ''easy riders'' which are basically motorbike tour guides. Was a great way to see the place - saw fab views of Dalat as we sped round the countryside high up in the hills! Visited a Pagoda which was made of thousands of beer bottles, took a cable car ride across Dalat, visited a tribal village (The Lats) out in the hills and bought sweets for the tribal kids which were quickly demolished!

Last stop in Vietnam was Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city). There are more motorbikes there than in Hanoi, didn't think that was possible! There we visited the War Remenants Museum which was a bit of an eye opener. It was mainly photos and images taken during the war, the majority of which were women and children. There were photos of people affected by toxins such as agent orange - it was all pretty horrific.

Next on the agenda was a trip to the Mekong Delta. Here we took 2 boat rides and a small canoe type boat along the Mekong River. I got a chance to hold a huge python, that was fun really heavy though!

We got chatting to a few people on that trip including a woman from Glasgow - Second Scottish person we have met in 3 months! We decided to go for ''a glass'' of vino which turned into 3 bottles of wine, several beers, cocktails as well as a local 'snake bite' shot which just about finished me off - a close second to Goan 'Fenny'!

The following day we went to see the Cu Chi tunnels which were used as hiding places during the war. The complex of tunnels had several floors buried deep underground which stretched to over 200km long. We had the opportunity to go down into the tunnels, this was a fascinating and claustrophobic experience. The tunnels were so small we had to either crouch and walk or crawl on hands and knees. It was extraordinary to think that people stayed down there for weeks on end! I was glad to see daylight again!

We had the experience of firing an AK47 rifle which made us nearly scared to death on hearing the first shot being fired – the shot being loudly and deafening. The firing of the rifle gave such a very intense impact that the instructor had to hold everyone’s shoulder when firing. This was the best part of the trip.


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