Where are we now?

Sometimes you need a little vacation from your vacation. Traveling through Southeast Asia is amazing but can also be exhausting. The last time we took some time to relax was in a little hippy beach town called Tonsai in Thailand about three weeks ago. Since then, we've made it through southern Thailand, Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam... so as you can see we've covered a lot of area in little time. After Ho Chi Minh City we took a five hour bus ride to a wonderful kite surfing town called Mui Ne. Nothing is rushed here and that's just what we are looking for. We have been spending the past couple of days reading, watching movies, walking on the beach, and lounging at the pool which is perched up on a hill overlooking the town and the blue ocean. A couple of nights ago we had dinner at a Russian restaurant suitably named Chill Out Bar. Our first Russian meal ever was in Vietnam. Apparently there is a large Russian population here (don't ask me why). We plan on visiting sand dunes, a fishing village, waterfall, and river later today. We are really looking forward to it, but until then it's relaxing lounge music and R&R by the pool.

This little octupus came to say hello while we were walking on the beach

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demostrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other we may even become friends."

-Maya Angelou