Vietnam Day 10

Day 10 Doc Let to Long Hai Beach.

We awoke early and headed to the beach for a swim. It was just after 5:15 and the beach was alive with local people. Some swimming, others pulling in a fishing net and others just having fun. Boy this place is alive. Back to the room, pack up, brekkie, sign out and await our driver. Up rolls Mr Tam, so good to see him as we know his driving and are starting to understand him better. The weather is warm and humid but dry. We have seen very little rain which surprises us as we were expecting a wet season. On the road to the air port. Mr Tam instructing us when to take pictures and stopping the car for us to get a better shot. He is also teaching us, make that Pamela, a few words of Vietnamese. Very little is new as this is the road we came to Doc Let on. Out the other side of Nha Trang is new to us as this is the way to the new air port at Cam Ranh. The air port ex American complements of the war but all the facilities are new and very flash. We are the only plane load it appears for the time being, so a small crowd milling about. Quite a mixture of nationalities. We chat to a Vietnamese lady and her partner from Taiwan. Also Russian and other Europeans. The flight quite short, about 1 hour so on the ground in Saigon and heading for our next ride. This time Mr Kahan, the same driver we had to Can Tho. Boy he never seems flustered and makes driving look so easy. We are amazed every time we go places that there are no accidents it must be the patience of the people as the wiz about. The drive to Long Hai Beach again much the same with the evidence of road works most of the way. When the roads are finished they will be very good but still not the Mitchell Freeway. We pass the turn off to Vung Tau heading east and find ourselves at Long Hai but lost. Mr Kahan stops and gets directions. This is the first time on our trip we have needed external directions. Our drivers have been amazing knowing the way around Saigon, the main roads linking cities to the back streets in the smaller cities and I have yet to see a map or GPS being used! If I were driving I would still be in the Saigon air port car park! We arrive at Anoasis Resort for our final three nights. Looks flash at reception but they think we are over night only. Having this cleared up we go to our room – cottage. Boy what a way to end a wonderful holiday, it is an elegant Vietnamese style cottage, bamboo king bed with large bath and views of the ocean over our balcony. We are in spoilt luxury, the memories form here will be grand. We wander around the resort checking out the facilities, the pool look grand, gym requires our attendance, beach has what you need to relax by the sea and hard tennis court looks well maintained. As it is late we eat in and head to our cottage for the night.