There isn't a lot to say really about our time in Nha Trang as although we were there four days we didn't really do that much except sit on sunbeds by the beach and read books and get drinks from the beachside bar.

Nha Trang is Vietnam's premier holiday resort and as such it is pretty much like most other holiday resorts in the world - beach, bars and restaurants. The beach is 7km of golden sand and the weather was hot and sunny, albeit with a nice breeze coming in off the sea. It was all just too easy for us to lie there and relax so that's what we did.

Alright, one day we did manage to drag our sunburnt butts away from the beach and do some sight seeing but it was fairly half hearted. It began with a trip to Notre Dame Cathedral which was unfortunately closed. Walking in an attempt to shake off the lethargy we searched for and eventually found a photograhpy gallery that was mentioned in the Lonely Planet and belonged to Vietnam's most famous photographer who has apparently an international reputation. He did have some great shots aswell, makes your own photos look quite inadequate but he does do it for a living I suppose.

Onto a big pagoda which contained at it's summit a big white buddha. It was alright, we took some photos but we'd both put it behind the sleeping golden Buddha in Bangkok if we were to create a 'top ten favourite buddhas list'. Absolutely knackered having walked around in the sweltering heat we got a taxi to the mud baths.

This was a lot of fun. Start with 20 minutes in a cold mud bath, it's all outside and they've got loads of them, it's a wierd sensation, supposedly good for you it feels like bathing in cream until you realise you are covered head to toe in mud. We even paid for them to take some cheesy looking photos of us which look absolutely awful and you'll have to wait until we get back to see them unless they mysteriously get lost in transport.

After cleaning off you then get a jet wash in mieral water beofre a soak in a hot mineral bath, more mineral showers and then there is a pool. Considering you don't do anything except sit down, it was exhausting but made us feel a bit better, the aches and pains of backpacking momentarily forgotten.

So what else? Not much really, we had some nice meals, I got acquainted with the spicey but delicious Vietnamese curry. We stayed in a nice place which at $14 a night is the cheapest we've paid so far, but despite being sheap it was clean and had a roof top bar so we spent a few late evenings watching the sun set and the world go by whilst supping on 30p beers. Tough life.

But the relaxation had to end sometime as after four days we headed on to the maelstrom that is Saigon which is where we are now and which which may warrant two blogs as I can feel a lot of rambling and random thoughts building about the place. Maybe Rhiannon should write it or it could go on a while.