Hoi An, Bicycle and Shell Boat

2013 December, The Long Trip - Vietnam, around Hoi An




It is a good option to rent a bicycle. On the free map are some information about routes. The best place to go is the Coconut Palm Trees Forest. It is located on the island nearby with an easy access by many bridges. 

I paid 20,000.00 VND (0.7e) for a bicycle rental. Once more it was perfect idea. The best place to rent a shell boat I found near Hoi An Eco Discovery Tours. The area is flat - there is no need to have a super bicycle. And there weren't a lot of tourists. I bargained a 30 minutes ride for 100,000.00 VND for 2 people (3.4e) and it was fantastic. The truth is that the guy asked us if we want to do it and he guided us to the place. There was a price for 45 minutes but we asked for 30 minutes and got a discount. After our trip we saw a women with other tourists in a boat but she wasn't as active as our guy. He moved our boat back and forth, spinned it around. It was so funny.
There are places to visit for 2 or even 3 days and it's worth renting a bicycle.

Going to Coconut Palm Trees Forest

Nead a petrol?

Coconut Palm Trees Forest

Coconut Palm Trees Forest

I am sailor...

Me and my boat :-)

Quy Nhon - Vietnam

2013 December, The Long Trip - Vietnam Quy Nhon part II

Some more pictures from Quy Nhon. This town is a really good place for resting, enjoying time on the beach, having good food.
Many minivans to Hoi An go often, the ticket costs 140,000.00 VND (4.8e) and the journey took around 6 hours. There is an agency near the bus terminal or you can simply buy the ticket inside the terminal. Just make sure that the bus or minivan is going to the city as some of them are just passing Hoi An and will leave you on motorway.

Breakfast

The way they collect rubbish

It is time to go....

Quy Nhon Town

2013 December, The Long Trip - Vietnam, Quy Nhon 




The town is a night ride drive from Saigon. It is a really small town. When I arrived people were surprised to see a foreigner :-)
I chose  the first hotel I found near the beach. I read that I should find an old tank on the beach. Unfortunately, the tank was removed and destroyed by government. The reason was that it attracted too many lightnings which damaged fisherman devices.
On the beach were funny, round, small boats which look like a shell.
The town has a lot monuments and communism posters. 

Boats like a shell

Going to paddle

Cigarette break

Repairing fishing nets

Christmass time