Quy Nhon

Early start again for the drive to Quy Nhon. The usual Vietnam countryside of paddy field after paddy field, stopping for coffee and lunch along the way. All along this part of the coast were huge sand dunes which hid the view of the coast for much of the drive but the occasional pot hole or bridge kept us awake sat in the back the bus as we bounced along, Hahn had warned us that there was not much to see in this town but we would like the hotel, which turned out to be a large 4* hotel on the beach called 'The Seagull'; the rooms were massive, I had 2 double beds and still had room to swing and elephant never mind a cat, but the restaurant food was typical 4* toned down Vietnamese food for a 'Western pallete'. We didn't eat out as this was the best food we could get in the town according to Hahn. We arrived early and so Jenny and I decided to walk up to the local trading center AKA shopping mall to have a look around it was like a KwikSave mall with a load of independent trader shops and a Supermarket all rolled into one big building. I found a counter in the store selling 'Ipod's' for 40 pounds it seemed rather cheap to me so a quick text back home to Joe confirmed that, and, on taking a closer look, and switching it on showed that it was a fake; the box, instructions, case were all Ipod the inner workings were a rough mp3 player.
Later we went to the Nguyen Nga Disabled centre where they make the day-sac's that Intrepid use. The young people here all learn skills they can use in the world and are encouraged to go out and set up their own businesses when they are ready with help from the centre. They entertained us with some music and traditional dances they had learned which was very impressive as the musicians were blind and the dancers deaf and dumb. We had a quick walk around the centre to see the other skills that were being taught here and then bought some things from the centre's shop. I tried to buy a t-shirt but they only had small sizes so I left a donation instead.