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managed to sleep no problem at all, I think I was the only one in the group that was soundo! We were warned that the trains might be freezing cold but our room was perfect condition, however the other 3 rooms were freezing the whole night apparently. The had to put jumpers on and no one else had a good sleep.
We were meant to arrive into Nha Trang at 5am, but the train was 2 hours late which actually meant we slept till 6.30am instead of being woken at 4.30am!! Bonus! A bus picked us up from the station, and took us to our hotel for us to drop our bags, as it was far too early to check in. So we headed straight out for breakfast all 15 of us :) Charles had recommended a local dish for breakfast that contained of a small steak, egg and an onion sauce. I decided to try the dish and it was really good, it was a small portion but really tasty.
Our group had opted in for a beach party today, basically we paid £10 that included transport to a local beach, as much as you could eat and as much local alcohol as you could drink from 9.30am till 4.30pm! Nha Trang's main beach looked lovely, but apparently it was full of people hassling you to buy things, massages etc. so that's why Charles had suggested we went to a local one. It wasn't nothing like I had imagined. There were wooden huts all along the beach and the tide came right up to the wooden type sheds, therefore there was no real space to sunbathe. It was good during the heat of the day, as you had somewhere to shelter from the sun mind you, but not my kind of idea of a beach. Anyways there was a small section that we moved the sun chairs too, and basically spent the whole day sunbathing and eating.
The local girl who organised our day, cooked the most delicious local food. At 10am we started with muscles on the barbecue, around 1pm we had marinated beef in freshly made baguettes then marinated chicken at 4pm. All done on the barbecue. Due to my mega sore head the other morning following the local alcohol, I actually didn't partake in any of the free drink. I just didn't feel up for it. I think if I was travelling with a friend, I would have been more likely to drink but I just had a quiet day sunbathing. My tan is getting darker and darker :) still putting on the factor 30 though, unlike some of the group who are using factor 8 and going as red as lobsters.
By 2pm I was ready to head back to the town, as all the couples were sticking together and the rest were either sunbathing or drunk, so I kinda felt like it was a quiet kinda day. We left around 4pm to head back to the hotel, and by this time it was hilarious watching and listening to everyone bleezing, I still didn't feel up for a drink at all. Lauren and Nikki were the same though, so it was really fine. Since everyone else is travelling in pairs, the three of us are swapping room mates at each hotel which means someone will get a room to themselves every other swap. I was sharing with Lauren tonight, and Nikki had a room to herself. The hotel was again, very clean and this time we had a double bed each in the room which was bliss :) The accommodation was much better than I expected so far.
Lauren, Nikki and I had decided to go and get a full body massage somewhere, and it was just what I needed to be honest. £5 for a whole hours full body massage! What would you pay for that at home?! 100 buck in a hotel and maybe 60 in a salon. Crazy.com. It was one of the best massages I have had (Ok except for the one at St Andrews Spa :)). I felt amazing when I came out, but it was quite sore on some parts. The three of us were ready for some drinks and a night out now!! We had bought a bottle of Smirnoff vodka for £2.21, so when we went back to the hotel room to get ready we had a few drinks. I was happy drinking when I knew what kind of alcohol it was. I ended up blowing my fuse in my adapter with my hair dryer again which sucked, so was unable to charge my phone etc.
Anyways the group was meeting at 8pm for tea and then heading out for drinks. I wasn't hungry, as my tum tum wasn't being very friendly, so I just ordered rice. We then went to a bar for some drinks, I had ordered Smirnoff vodka the whole evening (even though it was 30p more, at least I was drinking what I knew). We had a brilliant night, and ended up in Sailers Bar. This place was amazing, the bar area looked like it was a 5* hotel and the club part was down on the beach. It was packed and so much fun. We had our shoes off dancing around on the sand. There was 9 of us made it to this club, but everyone went their separate ways when we went in but us 3 stuck together.
We ended up staying till close which was 2.30am and somehow or another 7 of us all ended up together at the end, and went for drunken munchies on this stall outside our hotel. It was well after 3am before we got to our beds, after such a fun night out!!!
Nha Trang is such an amazing place. Very untouched but still touristy, if that makes sense. xxx
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