Quy Nhon

We have now been in Quy Nhon for 10 days.The first 5 days we spent in recovery mode, after weeks of continuous travel it was great to unpack our bags for longer than one night.
We spent the days swimming in the sea.relaxing and made early morning and evening forays to explore the city, when it is cooler.
During the day the city is extreemly quite
you only venture out if you really have to.
The locals cover up completely when they go out, hands, face all over. (They look like they are off to rob a bank!!!) They also do not want the sun to darken their skin. (I went to buy some face cream, it all had whitener in it!)
The now main street 10 years ago was the airport runway.
The beach is busy from 5am until 7.30am then it is totally empty untill 4.00pm until dark about 6.30pm.
The city comes alive on dusk.The streets are full with everyone having a good time eating and drinking, (mainly fruit drinks cold tea and coffee with ice and condensed milk) and socialising. It is just a little cooler.
We have had some great meals out with different people we have met and learnt so much.
There are very few westerners here so we do stand out. We have nearly caused a few accidents!
One day we took a local bus out to the Quang Trung museum about 1 1/2 hours away in the town of Phu Phong. We were given a personal tour by an English speaking guide and learnt a great deal.
Over the last few days we hired bikes so were able to cover a lot more ground early morning and stupidly into early afternoon.We always look forward to returning to the hotel and a swim.
Yesterday we biked out to Quy Hoa beach and the Leper hospital.The beach was beautiful and totally deserted. Well worth the struggle up a steep hill and down again with both brakes on full. It was 5km one way. We explored the other end of town in the afternoon.
Today we sadly say Goodbye to Quy Nhon and fly to Saigon then on to Bangkok.