Nha Trang
ByNha Trang nestles at the edge of the turquoise bay sheltered by vegetation clad island peaks creating a natural harbour. The clear waters around the islands are the habitat for hundreds of different species of coral and the colourful fish that shelter there. The many boat trips around the islands available are very worthwhile and provide a good day out.
Nha Trang boasts a very nice beach with great facilities for eating and relaxing in the sun.
The city also boasts natural warm springs which produce mineral rich water and a greenish fluid mud with a slight sulphurous odour. Naturally these are reputed to have important therapeutic properties. So we were persuaded to relax at the Thap Ba Hot Spring Centre. No, there are no photographs of us wallowing in the mud on the web site but we did enjoy the experience. If you are interested look at;
Nha Trang was also the home of Alexander Yersin, a colleague and contemporary of Louis Pasteur. We found, in the very interesting Yersin museum, that he discovered the bacillus of the bubonic plague. This is just as well because at the colourful fishing village we saw colonies of rats taking morsels of food out of the ditches. Now this should not put people off visiting Nha Trang. We found it an incredibly friendly place where we ate well. The seafood was particularly good and not too dear.
On a tour of the outer islands the sky darkened and the rain was so heavy that the boat returned to harbour. November and December is the rainy season in Nha Trang but there was also a Typhoon far out at sea, heading toward us.
