Vietnam Journey - Day 2 - from Saigon to Phan Thiet (Sept 24, 2007)

Denis and I woke up pretty early in the morning. Had some light breakfast in hotel and then waited outside the infamous travel agency - Sinh Cafe - for the bus departing for an overnight journey to Mui Ne of Phan Thiet, about 5.5 hours drive from Saigon.

The bus was full of people of different nationalities. We bumped into 2 girls - one from Beijing and one from Korea both travelling on their own. On arrival, we had lunch in the Mui Ne Resort Hotel and then proceeded to a pretty remote area in Mui Ne for sand-sliding. Originally we intended to go fishing but for unknown misunderstanding, we boarded the wrong bus and thus joined the wrong group for a wrong activity - sand-sliding. It turned out to be not bad though probably fishing in a boat might be more fun.

In the evening, Denis, Qing (the lady from Beijing) and I had dinner together and then moved on to play snooker before we had fun in the swimming pool. After so much laughter in the pool, we went outside to join 2 Korean ladies in a beach bar called Pogo for midnight drinks. I then noticed that the bar is owned and run by a German lady who has been staying in Mui Ne for 2 years. She leased the land for 12 years and invested some money to build the pub nicely.

And then I bumped into a Swedish-French who has been staying in Mui Ne for 8 years. In fact, Mui Ne is really a small town technically without any fun. But I really admire the two foreigners who are able to let go everything at home and then live in a super remote small town for the rest of their life. I asked myself what I'm looking for? My desire grows as I get more and more. There is never an end. For now, my dream is to earn a reasonable living for the rest of my life and then I can 'retire' early and do something that I like.