Nha Trang, Vietnam

When we arrived in Nha Trang we found the place that we had booked and grabbed a bit to eat to plan out our stay here.  The first day we walked along the beach to Hon Chong Rocks.  With a geologist in our group this was a must see.  It was one large rock being held up by two other larger rocks.  It made it like a doorway that you could walk through.  We of course climbed on a bunch of the rocks that jet out into the ocean.  Some of these rocks were supposed to resemble things such as a giant hand print in the rock and a rock shaped like a seal.  After our rock tour it was time to get down and dirty.  We went to Thap Ba Hot Spring Center. We enjoyed soaking in the mud although it was a little smelly.  We then waited awhile to allow the mud to dry before washing it off.  We then sat in a mineral hot tub for awhile and enjoyed swimming and frolicking in the waterfalls.  It was a relaxing day at the spa after a day full of walking on the beach.  The next morning we had signed up for a rafting trip.  We were told these would be class 2-3 rapids since it is dry season.  We also were shown a picture of white water rafting before booking.  When we got there we find out we would be "rafting" in inflatable kayaks.  There were like 2 small rapids but other than that we just floated down the river with minimal paddling because the currents pull was sufficient. We stopped along the river and ate a delicious meal.  They grilled us up chicken, beef and pork along with wonderful spring rolls we made ourselves.  All in all the day was not what we were anticipating but it was fun nonetheless.  That night we hung out at our hostel and met some awesome new friends and some old friends we met earlier in our trip.  We decided to go to the water/amusement park Vinpearl together the next day.  You have to take a cable car to get to Vinpearl and it is actually the longest cable car over water in the world.  This allowed for some awesome photo opps as well.  Vinpearl was AMAZING.  There were tons of water slides, a wave pool, many rides/roller coasters, an aquarium, arcade games, bumper cars, and 4-D movie room.  All this for just a small fee of $22.  After our group of 13 hung out all day having a ball at the park we decided to go on the party boat the following day together.  There were some other people on the boat that were not really there to party, but we didn't let them slow us down.  We went to 2 different islands and were able to snorkel at one and ride on a banana boat at the next.  We also had a phenomenal lunch on the boat as well.  We also had the privilege of witnessing the boat staff perform as a Vietnamese Boy Band.  It was hilarious and provided us with great entertainment.  As we were getting back our friends were planning to meet up for dinner at a BBQ restaurant we fell in love with here.  This made me sad because Molly and I were supposed to be getting on a sleeper bus headed for Hoi An at 6:00pm so we would miss dinner.  We decided we just couldn't part from our friends just yet and luckily we have a pretty flexible schedule to allow for another night.  Molly then put on quite the act at the ticket office saying that I had food poisoning and we could not get on the bus because I was still ill.  Luckily it worked so it allowed us to hang out with our friends for one more night.  Molly should win an Oscar for her performance.  Now we are sitting around at the hostel after most of our friends have left waiting for our sleeper bus to come get us this evening.  After 12 hours on the sleeper bus we will be in Hoi An! Nha Trang has by far been my favorite place so far so it saddens me to leave but I am also excited about our next stops.