This morning we got up early and raced down to district 1 by scooter (in rush hour traffic!) to catch our bus from Saigon to Mui Ne. Mui Ne is a small fishing village east of Saigon that is now being built up into a beach resort area. The area is big for Russian tourism, so much so that signs and menus are in Russian, Vietnamese, and English.

Our bus ride was quite the experience. First we got on the bus to find out that it was double decker sleeper seats. Kinda cool but these seats were not exactly made for 6ft tall people. Needless to say, Dan sorta fit the seat.

The trip ended up taking longer than expected (took us 6 hours) because our bus driver caused an accident somehow (still are not sure what happened). At one point another bus caught up with us and demanded we pull over. A bunch of guys ran out of the bus to come to ours to yell at our driver. Turns out our driver somehow caused this bus to hit something that smashed a good portion of the side glass near the rear. There was a lot yelling and everyone poured out of the buses to repair the glass with cardboard. This all ended with the two drivers getting into a shouting match with the other driver slapping our driver right across the face. This was the slap heard around the world! Can't say we've ever seen a slap that hard in our lives. Turns out that slap solved everything and both buses went on their merry way. Just to top the day off, during our transport from the bus to the resort in Mui Ne, on older woman puked right next to us into a bag. Then we arrived at the resort :)

We spent the afternoon walking the beach, exploring the area, and figuring out what we want to do tomorrow. We ate dinner at the hotel. We tried a few more Vietnamese dishes. We were most excited to finally get banh cuon!

We start with another early day to visit the fishing boats and market in the morning.

Arrived in Mui Ne

Dan Golembeski