Mui Ne

The bus experience is a trip itself. A sleeper bus is something that i would not recommend to anyone unless they have to. Not only is that uncomfortable but the way people drive here is just insane. There are no rules. It is usually a one lane road so the bus always goes on to oncoming traffic and seems to nearly hit a car everytime it passes. But i guess they have an unwritten rule and respect each other because i have not seen an accident. Also, the horn is something i could live without. They use it in a totally different way than Americans do. There is no road rage here and the horn does not mean you did something wrong or someone is mad at you. It is just to say that i am passing you or just to warn people that they are coming and to move out of the way. Even though this seems polite and good, it is nonstop honking beeping, etc.
So anyway got to Mui Ne around 2 and it was a bit overcast and drizzling and since i only had a day and a half I had no time to waste. Checked in the hotel they dropped us off at and then rented a motor bike to go see the red and white sand dunes. The red sand dunes were 15 km away on apparently the one road every hotel is on. But what the front desk guy failed to tell me is that it is one street name and that you have to make some left and right turns along the way. So it took me a while to find my way, but eventually it was a great success. I arrived at the sand dunes and it was stunning even with out blue sky. All these viet children were coming up to me and asking if i wanted to slide down for a ridicuoulus price, so i haggled and eventually did it. After i witnessed the red i moved onto to the white which was another 30 km away, but well were the travel. It was just serene, absolutely gorgeous. You could see in the distance the red and white meet there was a lake behind the dunes as well. Very peaceful.
After those dunes I headed back to the hotel to take a shower and then get some food at a local restaurant right by the ocean. Had some fresh grilled prawn and grilled mackered. Ended up meeting some Israeli's who just finished the army. So we hung out for the night. I also ran into my dutch sapa guys as well. It was a fun night with my holy people. Got the scoop on the ship ordeal and what really happened.
A side note, russian people are awful at english and ask the strangest questions. I was at dinner and they asked me if President Reagan was still alive?

The next morning i woke up and headed to find the spring that had a mixture of red and white sand, with a stream running down the middle. Another beautiful area. A kid took me around for 2 dollars. I also ended up meeting some korean women and they noticed my bagpack with Ding Ding Dang on it. Pretty funny. After that i drove around the city a little bit more saw some views then headed back to my hotel to check out to head to Saigon.

Thankfully, they took me off the sleeper and put me on a regular bus. Another interesting thing about the bus is that they segregate the vietnamese from the westerners. They put us in the back. Pretty funny. This trip again was crazy, with crazy drivers. The roads are also not the best so very bumpy. Got to Saigon at 730Pm looked for the hotel my brother stayed in found it and they were charging 16 a night which i thought was insane, until he told me a day later that he paid 14. However, i moved on to find a cheaper one and i did, which was not a great idea. 10 dollars a night for a very uncomfortable living situation. Did not feel good about it however, i was going to stick it out for the night because i had a tour the next morning to the Cu Chi tunnels and the bus would pick me up there. So I checked in had some dinner and then just wondered the streets for a little. Ended up meeting an Austrain guy on the street and we had some drinks and talked about our travels. He got an around the world ticket and has been on the road for a couple months. After the drinks headed back to my hotel and attempted to sleep.