After the excitement of the mud bath the previous day and the fact that Nha Trang quite frankly was not as an appealing beach town as some would have you think (it is supposedly the most popular beach town in Vietnam), we decided to explore our immediate surroundings. It was hot, very hot, and the longish walk into the village area was undertaken slowly. We were slightly off the usual tourist track so the sight of a tall sweaty Englishman walking through the village certainly raised the curiosity of many, especially the school children riding past on their over sized bicycles. The local eating establishments did not look like they were open for lunch so we bought a couple of baguettes and few triangles of "Laughing Cow' processed cheese to have back at our room. It was the least adventurous meal we had had since starting the trip. After bread and cheese, we finished off our grand meal with the fallen mango we had retrieved from the resort's garden the day before - it was a bit stringy and probably would have been best left for the local fauna to enjoy. During lunch the sky turned black and the heavens opened and it rained for most of the rest of the daylight hours.We had 'warned' the staff that we would be eating dinner that night and we set a time of 7pm. At 6:55pm there was a knock at the door to say our table was ready. We sat down a little after 7pm and ordered within 5 minutes... then waited...and waited...waited a bit longer. Nearly 50 minutes later the food all arrived at once. It was worth waiting for and was easily the best meal we had eaten on the trip yet. A very nice and most relaxing day.
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