The forecast showed that it might be cloudy later in the week, so we decided a beach day was in order. First, we grabbed some breakfast at a cafe that had been recommended by our hostel for its Western breakfasts. We absolutely love Vietnamese coffee but most of the touristy places try to massively overcharge you so we were happy when this place charged a completely resonable $10,000 dong ($0.50 USD). Their coffee tastes chocolatey and delicious- like nothing we've had in the states before. We all ordered the pancakes with honey (which is basically a crepe) and split a fruit plate. They really like serving dragon fruit here which I am still getting used to.
After eating, we walked down to the beach. Although it was beautiful and sunny, it was incredibly windy. We purchased sun chairs with umbrellas to try and avoid the pelting sand that would hit you if you were laying just on a towel but we still had to shield our faces when a big gust came through. It was pretty hilarious because our stuff would blow everywhere and we would be hiding from the wind behind our books- it was not overly relaxing. Alyssa and Jessica did take a brief swim in the water, but the waves were enormous and constant and the water was so cold that you couldn't stay in for long. After toughing it out for a few hours, we decided to call it a day.
I had read reviews about a Greek food place that was supposed to be amazing, so we went there for lunch. We got three chicken gyros which were cheap and delicious. They even came with french fries inside of them which apparently is very common. Strangely, Nha Trang has an enormous Russian population so all of the menus and signs are also in Russian. Someone told us that there are really cheap flights from Russia to Vietnam which is why so many people come vacation there.
After wandering the city of a while, we decided to get happy hour at "Louisianne's" which was a nice bar/restaurant/brewery right on the water. We tried one of their special craft beers which was mixed with hibiscus. It was really delicious!
We wanted to kill some time before dinner so we headed down to the night market. It is an entire street which opens from 6:00-10:00pm and sells tourist items. I really wanted to buy a few things but had to keep reminding myself that I have no way of transporting anything. It's always fun to look though regardless.
Alyssa had never had hotpot before and since one of the restaurants in town was famous for it, we thought we'd give it a shot. It was much different than the hotpot I have had in LA and they barely gave us any meat or vegetables and we ran out of broth after one round. It seemed pretty stingy and the broth was barely flavored so it was basically just boiled seafood and vegetables. None of us loved it but I assured Alyssa that I've had better and she should try it again in the states.
We headed back to the hostel early to get some sleep as we were planning to go diving the following morning and would need to be up early to catch our shuttle to the boat.
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