Day 94 - Nha Trang

24.10.09

Pulling into Nha Trang at a bright 6.30am and still the local population are up and about doing their business and it seems as if they have been up for hours already. Avoiding the 'recommended' hotel that the bus drops you off outside (for a healthy commission no doubt), I walk to a hotel that was recommended to me by some people I met in Hoi An and manage to bag a lovely $5 room. A quick walk around the local area and a pop into a super market yields some water and a sizable pack of cashew nuts, which I manage to polish off in more or less one go.

Before I venture to the beach I want to walk and check out the main temple in town and it's large white seated Buddha. The questions is will it compare to the colossal Leshan Buddha in Sichuan, or the massive bronze Lantau Island Buddha in Hong Kong... not quite there, but it's still nice and it's pure white construction is radiant in the bright sun.

Walking to one end of the beach which probably stretches at least a couple of miles, the golden sand and warm water is very inviting. It's just a shame that the beach was rammed to the rafters full of people... or not.