The Top Gear Challenge Part 7 (1744.6 - 2029.3km) - The Mystery Holes

The only real activity we did in Nha Trang was a boat trip around a few of the local islands. During the trip we managed to consume a lot of beer. Upon returning to our hotel we had a nap for a few hours and when we got up apparently forgot that we had been drinking all day. This meant that when we went out again later we carried on drinking at a regular speed. The result of all this drinking is shown in the picture below (skip past if you are squeamish). 

To this day I have no idea how this happened all I know is it led to me getting 2 stitches in my right leg, 3 stitches in my left and losing the feeling in half of my right foot for about 3 weeks! I also got to experience Nha Trang’s hospital which was interesting to say the least. I was even taken to a special room with the sign “foreigner room” above the door to be charged £12 for the stitches. 

Gratuitous photo of a car made from a 2cv...

After Nha Trang our next stop was Mui Ne (luckily I could still ride my bike). This was one day where nothing actually went wrong and we made it comfortable into town with enough time to find somewhere quite nice to stay. There wasn’t much to do in town except sit by the beach. Whilst we were there some kite surfing championship was occurring so we spent an afternoon watching the mayhem that they called a race. 

On our final day in Mui Ne we were unpleasantly woken by an explosion in our room. It seems the cheap iPod charger that I bought when my cable broke wasn’t really up to standard and it had blown up sending half of itself flying across the room!

We used the wake up call to go and visit the main attraction of the area, the sand dunes. On the way we stopped off at the fishing village where the banks by the sea are used to create the worst smell in the history of noses. They dry out huge quantities of shrimp in the sun which fills the air with a smell so thick that you feel like you can see it! 

It the sand dunes we were attacked my about 20 small children all trying to get us to hire small sheets of blue plastic off them to go and slide on the dunes. We decided it was something that we had to try so got a couple. It seems that we had also hired the child as a guide and he followed us up into the dunes to help us find the best spots to slide (as well as trying on all our stuff).

 










The sledging wasn’t as good as we had hoped mainly because it is so dam tiring running up sand dunes. The sand was also really fine and got everywhere, nearly killing my camera again (luckily it still seems to be indestructible).