Comments on: Exploring Mui Ne By Bike

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 02:39:06 +0000

In reply to Rizqa. Hey Rizqa! Apologies for not including that information in my original post, because I definitely don't remember now! Maybe Google Maps could help? Sorry about that!

By: Rizqa

Rizqa — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:19:14 +0000

Your picture absolutely amazing!
How many hours you got the temple from city ? I would like to go there in May.
Thank you 🙂

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:47:37 +0000

In reply to John Wong. Hey John, thank you! I did go to the white sand dunes and lakes -- they are in another post! I loved Mui Ne but sounds like I have plenty of reasons to return again :)

By: John Wong

John Wong — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:04:20 +0000

Alex, your outlook is so refreshing. Did you miss out on the sunsets at Mui Ne fishing harbor and the uncrowded beaches north towards the white sand dunes and lakes? There’s now a backpacker camp site by the beach on the grounds of Longson Mui Ne Restaurant & Beach Club at Suoi Nuoc beach 7 km north from the harbor.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:49:20 +0000

In reply to Alex. Ok, thst def helps! Thanks!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:32:57 +0000

In reply to Katie. Hey Katie! It's been years since I was in Vietnam so I'm having a hard time remembering! I do believe that we left very early in the morning for the Buddha and then went to the white sand dunes for sunset, but if I recall correctly it was a very rushed day and we went back again another day for the further-away yellow sand dunes. Hope that helps!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:41:38 +0000

Hi Alex,

Me again! Your blog is like my own personal travel guide! Just wondering, in your opinion could you do the sand dune AND the buddha in one day?

Thanks,

Katie

By: Mui Ne: Where to stay, where to eat and what to do

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By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:50:54 +0000

In reply to saigondude.

Well, the extortionate part of our situation was more when we chose to park in the “free” zone rather than the “guarded” zone and were told the police would be called on us! We weren’t surprised as it was something we had read about in guidebooks. Also, we weren’t necessarily choosing to do so solely because we are stingy (though goodness knows we are) but more because we made a conscious choice in Cambodia after speaking to many aid workers that we weren’t going to support those using child labor (AKA kids in Vietnam guarding bikes when they should be in school, kids in Cambodia selling flowers when they should be in bed) in the hopes that someday it will be phased out. Idealistic? Yes. But it’s what we decided to do.

By: saigondude

saigondude — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:50:48 +0000

A couple thoughts:

1. I personally am OK with a VND2000-5000 ($.10-$.25) charge for someone guarding parked mopeds. I’ve paid parking fees in San Francisco, LA, and Chicago that I’d consider FAR more extortionate even if they were “legal”. Also, as tangential ‘deep thought’ of mine, I find that a lot of people have found a way to do things that are technically legal but immoral. I also find that people in the U.S. take for granted that if something is or isn’t legal than it must or must not be immoral.

2. I forgot what 2 was.