Five Countries, Four Weeks Pt.10 "Jungle Beach, Nha Trang"

Sunrise appeared as though someone just turned the lights on, clouds cleared out and the sun began to glisten on the beach’s water before us. Pretty amazing to just have a warm yet crisp morning, sparkling beach water before you and just silence aside from the odd gull call. After waiting for his cab to pick us up, we were beginning to get excited for the resort. He had mentioned it was secluded but we were so far from a real town that the ATM close to the resort only had money in it every couple weeks and well, it meant we got to take a trip into to town every so often.
Jungle Beach was an amazing 4 days, everything from the food to the nearby hiking. Syl can’t offer a whole bunch of activities but he does like company and very much enjoys hearing about folks talk about how much they enjoy their time there as well what nearby things they may have discovered while wandering around. For instance, the waterfalls he told us to check out were maybe a 5 minute or less walk up from the resort. If you are a real trekker, climb the hill right in front of the resort and dare to venture through endless thorns for a beautiful view of the beach. The locals around here are friendly but beware of dogs that are not tied up, I had one snap at me, so I snapped back. A young child just about keeled over laughing with his friends, probably thinking how stupid that man is for trying to scare a dog. I eat dogs, what am I afraid of, they should be afraid of me! But I digress, the resort was affordable and had extremely flexible/negotiable rates depending on time of stay and what not. Contact “Jungle Beach” through their website for more information about their rates.
The second last day of “Jungle Beach” brought the idea of scuba diving to Kyle. It was something he had wanted to try and something I never thought of as motivated to attempt. “Why not?” We contacted a friend of Syl’s who ran a scuba diving shop called “Rainbow Dive”. What an adventure it was, we did not expect such an experience. It was alarming for the body to be able to breathe underwater but after the initial shock and learning how to manage oneself at a regular motion through the water, it was like a dream. Everything a person wanted to ever do all seemed to leave a person because all they could imagine is what else someone could discover if a person kept swimming further and further out. We had a great lunch, met some incredibly nice and awesome travellers after which we made our way back to J.B. That night around the bonfire Kyle and I were talking and it was the first time in a long time that I was truly clear minded, regardless of the noise around us. We discussed the idea of how “we won’t ever see the entire world or maybe even everything we want but nothing can stop us from trying.” We were right, nothing can stop a person from tackling what it is they truly want.

After leaving J.B. we made way to the Airport in Nha Trang which was quite small but pleasant. Restaurants and beer all around it which made it convenient and fine to be around if someone were there early. We boarded our flight late in the afternoon after having snake for dinner and awaited arrival in Hanoi. We needed to get from Hanoi airport to the old quarter. The city of Hanoi is great in size and extremely diverse but also quite dense. A trip to or from the airport was almost a day’s trip in itself depending on what time one was going. 

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