4WD Tour of Mui Ne

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In Mui Ne we booked a 4×4 jeep tour of the area.  The jeep is a Chinese or Korean knock-off of the old American Willys Jeep.

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These are huge vats of fermenting fish sauce.  It did not smell pleasant.

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Heading upriver in a little sandy gorge. I chose to stay behind rather than wade through the water.

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Steph tried to make friends with a cow. I don’t think the cow liked the hat very much.

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Yang found a freshwater crab.

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Yup, that’s a snake in the water.


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We didn’t go ostrich riding but evidently you can.

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The fishing port.

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These round waterproof baskets serve as boats.

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Adrienne, Nhung, and Steph got a ride on one of the boats.

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There they go!

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Next we drove out to the big sand dunes.


Heading into the dunes.

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This interesting freshwater pond is in the middle of the dunes.

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Yang figured out how to stand on lily pads.

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Some kids gambling and smoking.

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Our jeep waiting for us.

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I found myself in my native environment.

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We borrowed some pieces of linoleum to use as sand sleds.

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Sunset over the dunes.

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Nhung had a hard time sledding down the hill.

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Adrienne heads down the dunes.


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The whole gang in the sand.  I am a giant.


Heading back to civilization at twilight through the sand dunes.
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We found this sign on the back side of our door in the hotel.  They had a strict No Prostitutes policy.

 

 

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