For Vietnam everyone has a different impression in their mind, but since I have been to Vietnam, Vietnam in my mind, the impression of Vietnam is like a different existence, here the food, here the sea, here the beach, are again and again let me stay back and forth, many times, people always like to exaggerate the fact that in fact, the people here know that you are only outsiders, but still very kind. There are no deep but annoying characters in TV dramas, so don't listen to what others say, go there once yourself! Once you've been there, you'll realize the difference.
There are no Vietnamese brides, no braces girls, and no killjoys.
There is sunshine! Sandy beaches! Sea water! All kinds of fresh fruit juice! Ground floor espresso!
Nha Trang Beach
The reason why this place is called Nha Trang, in fact, refers to the meaning of (bamboo river), is a good symbolism, used to be a fishing port town, in recent times, with the booming tourism industry, this place is also gradually open up the fame to attract foreign tourists as the main source of livelihood.
Because this is also a coastal city, the scenery is also exceptionally good, was also the filming location of the movie "Lover", all this small southern town has a lot of European tourists and European style of architecture.
Stills from the movie "The Lovers"
Sunrise in Nha Trang
Nha Trang's coast faces east, and sunrise is currently at around 5:15am.
Nha Trang's early morning hours are more relaxed than those of tourists, with many locals swimming, running along the shoreline and dancing in a fast-paced square.
Nha Trang Beach in the morning
Sunrise over Nha Trang
Nha Trang Cuisine*Food
When you come to Nha Trang, the first thing you have to taste is the local seafood, the special Vietnamese dishes, the Vietnamese coffee, and all kinds of fresh fruit juices and Vietnamese snacks with no name.
Smoky street food
Shredded mango that can't be named and its spicy and sour flavored buddies
All-you-can-eat seafood buffet
Roasted crocodile
Great-tasting seafood fried rice
Nha Trang Accommodations*Stay
Since it was a free trip, the hotel arrangement was right on the beach.
In fact, Nha Trang's long coastline is scattered with a variety of hotels, and the domestic housing pattern is different from the north and south, Nha Trang, the vast majority of hotels here are sea-view rooms, so basically live in Nha Trang's hotels can see the sea view from the window, out of the hotel door across the road is the coast, which is the domestic equivalent of the price of enjoying the same can't be, and the hotel are provided with breakfast.
Photos in the room
Photos while waiting for the elevator
Nha Trang travel*Line
Nha Trang is not a big city, the attractions are also relatively centralized, but Nha Trang streets can hardly see the bus, in addition to tourist buses, cabs, is the speed of the motorcycle, motorcycle as the most commonly used in Nha Trang people's transportation, men and women, young and old, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road. As the most common means of transportation for Nha Trang people, motorcycles can be found everywhere on the roadside and beachside for men, women and children. The import tax on cars in Vietnam is very high, in the country a car of more than 100,000 in Vietnam can be sold to more than 300,000, so if you see a private car in Vietnam, equivalent to the Vietnamese "tycoon" Yo.
In Nha Trang travel basically rely on taxi, cab costs are different, generally 7000-8000 VND starting price, depending on the different models, regular cab drivers will play table, the cost is not too high, but also can rent a motorcycle place, the price need to pay attention to their own, because I do not have a motorcycle documents, so I did not rent a motorcycle.
Nha Trang tour*Play
Nha Trang here are relatively concentrated attractions, it is recommended that you can search for attractions on their own to arrange the trip, my trip to Nha Trang trip is mainly a leisure and vacation, so the focus is on the attractions of the tour, it is recommended that you book their own tickets on the major sites, here in Nha Trang, the tickets for the tour in more than 200 or so, the price is excellent.
Hantan Island. We booked a 225 chartered bus trip, so we just need to wait at the hotel, to the scheduled time there will be a local driver holding a cardboard sign to pick us up, from the hotel we stayed in Yasaka to reach the pier of Hantam Island is just more than 20 minutes, if you take a taxi price of about 100,000 VND. The island is very beautiful, with 12 free golf balls, a nice swimming pool, and cleaner beaches than in the city, free swimming and boating, as well as a variety of sea programs, which have to be paid for separately, and, best of all, a lunch buffet, with fruits served in the late afternoon.
Swimming pool
Pearl Island
Come to Nha Trang and you must experience the most luxurious amusement park in Vietnam, the Pearl Island Amusement Park, priced at 240 yuan, including a round-trip cross-sea cable car. All the programs in the amusement park are free, and almost no need to queue, you can ride multiple times, but you can not take out food, you need to open the bag at the entrance to the park to check, but the park's food consumption, although more expensive than the city quite a lot, but it is just about the same as the first-tier cities of the country's consumption.
Amusement Park
In addition to the regular roller coasters, pirate ships, hammer and other projects, there are dolphin shows, aquariums, and animal shows, the effect of a very good 4D movie, as well as a variety of water projects, are **free**.
Land is still under construction, there is a new area is in 17 years 7 can only open, but the whole amusement park area is not small, all play a day down very tired.
The cross-sea cable car
The amusement area that sees many tourists only at noon
Besides the above two places, you can arrange some leisure programs according to your own preferences, mud baths as well as massages.
Traveling Instructions*How much money to bring?
China's exit regulations can only bring a maximum of about 5000 U.S. dollars in cash, so you can not carry more than this amount of cash, according to the consumption of Nha Trang, because of the recent opening of China's visa-on-arrival in Nha Trang, prices have risen very quickly, and some restaurants and China's first-tier cities to spend similar to the consumption of the Nha Trang, so you go to Nha Trang or in accordance with their own needs, at least The first to prepare 1000 yuan cash for the initial consumption.
*How to change money?
Because the Vietnamese dong is a small currency, the domestic airport cash exchange place basically do not provide the replacement of the Vietnamese dong, so in general, can only go to Nha Trang airport to replace the airport, Nha Trang airport is very small, in the baggage pick-up place there are two can change money, but I recommend that you get the baggage out of the place, about 20 paces or so, there are a few in the money and buy a local phone card place. There are a couple of places where you can change money and buy local phone cards. The exchange rate here is a bit better than inside, and the phone cards are a bit cheaper.
Or if you have a visa/master card, you can withdraw VND at any ATM in Nha Trang, but if you only have a UnionPay card, it may not be very convenient because many ATMs in Nha Trang don't support UnionPay withdrawals. We tried many ATMs in downtown Nha Trang, only a few banks provide cash withdrawal service, and in Nha Trang hotels and some banks do not provide RMB exchange business, it is said that because of the once received counterfeit currency, so only provide the exchange of U.S. dollars at present.
But you can exchange VND at gold stores, stores and individual ATMs. This bank is recommended, and it's more cost-effective if your UnionPay card doesn't even charge a fee for crossing the border, and this bank's ATMs don't charge any fees.
ATM
Language
Basically, you don't have to worry about the communication problem, you only need to know the basic English will be able to, because more and more Chinese tourists, Nha Trang merchants will be simple Chinese, and Nha Trang, because of the historical factors, the locals will be very high percentage of English and French, so the There is no need to worry about language communication.
Precautions
*Sunscreen
Nha Trang's temperature is not too high, and there is often a sea breeze, and it's not stuffy, and the morning and evening feel very suitable for traveling, but the midday sun will be sunburned, so it is recommended to pay attention to sunscreen when traveling and playing.
* anti-fraud
Every tourist place will encounter problems, Nha Trang local prices are not like the first few years generally very low, many restaurants prices are ridiculously high, we must pay attention to is that, and the first-tier cities of the basic price comparison, if higher than the first-tier cities of the asking price is still high, don't consume it, surely it is a rip-off, take the most simple drinking water to say.
A bottle of local mineral water in the self-service vending machine is 10,000vnd/bottle, roughly equivalent to RMB 3 yuan, while some restaurants sell 15,000-30,000
vnd, there are also street artificial sales 5,000vnd, so we must pay attention to the basic price comparison.
*Network
Nha Trang's hotels basically provide Wi-Fi coverage, if you travel, you can also use the local phone cards in Vietnam, but Vietnam's network signal is not very stable, often there will be connected to the Internet, there are travelers who will rent domestic mobile WIFI, but the network signal is also very general, and the price of more than a day is not as good as the The local phone card is cheap, the local phone card is unlimited traffic, there is a card can provide dialing domestic phone service, the price will be a little more expensive than can not call the domestic.
*Exchange rate
The exchange rate of VND to CNY is 3300:1, but if you exchange it at the airport, the rate is only 3150:1. And the denomination of VND is so big that many people can't count the zeros when they get such a big denomination at one time, so one suggestion is to multiply it by 3 with your finger to cover the last 4 zeros, which is roughly the price of CNY.
*Tipping
Because China is not a tipping country, we generally do not have the habit of tipping, but is Nha Trang a tipping area?
Strictly speaking, tipping in Nha Trang is relatively casual and the prices given in tips are relatively small.
If you're staying in a hotel, it's basically enough to tip once every two days, which is around VND10,000.
Some other restaurants and bars are very casual, so you can judge for yourself.
Entering Nha Trang Customs, you may have to give a tip of 10 yuan, out of customs do not have to give.
*How to buy souvenirs
There are many places to buy souvenirs in Nha Trang, and the prices fluctuate greatly.
The most expensive is the airport, followed by some large shopping malls and supermarkets, then souvenir stores, and the cheapest is the night market.
Nha Trang has a lot of specialties, such as cashew nuts, coffee and some dried fruits.
The night market usually opens after 5pm, but the quality of the souvenirs is not easy to distinguish, so you'd better shop carefully and you can bargain at the night market.
*Prices are very arbitrary
Vietnam's prices are generally low, but Nha Trang prices are very arbitrary and arbitrary.
A kind of thing often across the road price is different, so we refer to is the domestic price level of first-tier cities on the good, more than this is certainly a rip-off, basically should be in the domestic consumption of 50% -70% of the price of the main, a cup of black coffee in the 20,000-40,000vnd are very normal, if the seaside, but also a little more expensive.
This is the price of the seafood buffet in the beach area.
If you want to get a good price, you still need to do a walk and ask more questions, refer to some of the network recommendations and tips.
*Visa
Nha Trang is a visa on arrival, you can buy a good visa service online in advance, or go to the airport to get the form, prepare two 2-inch photos with white background, fill in and then go to the local landing to get a visa.
*Security
Nha Trang has a lot of local bikers, and there have been some incidents of bikers snatching bags, so the overall security in Nha Trang is average, so I would recommend that those traveling to the area must pay attention to the safety of their possessions, and try to use fanny packs, and carry a small amount of cash.
The safety of flights to Nha Trang, on the contrary, you do not need to worry about, I took a direct flight from Shanghai to Nha Trang, Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321 flight, Vietnam Airlines is the state-owned airline of Vietnam, the comfort and safety of the plane is not much different from the domestic flights, and the airplane meal is much better than the domestic flights.
In Vietnam Airlines, cell phones can be turned on in flight mode, which is also better than on domestic flights.
Unexpected harvest --- Nha Trang Ocean Festival
This time to go just in time to meet the Nha Trang Ocean Festival, I was surprised to see a large-scale stage show in the center of the Nha Trang coast to build a large auditorium, you can watch the show free of charge, and the float parade as well as fireworks, the most interesting thing is that it is the most famous Vietnamese stars, and the most important thing is that I have seen. The most interesting thing is to see the most popular stars in Vietnam, and they are not the same as what I expected, they are very trendy and sexy.
Fireworks
Chinese float parade
This trip to Nha Trang lasted five days and four nights, the whole free travel, basically every day is to sleep to wake up naturally, to enjoy the local slow life.
Beyond the crowded and tense domestic tourist places, here, although you can also see a lot of tourists, but in fact the real thing, the quality of the tour is still very high, the Vietnamese diet tastes sour and spicy, not greasy, seafood is very much, the quality is also good, you can enjoy. Vietnam's coffee is lighter in bitterness, the aroma is very strong, the characteristics are obvious.
In fact, this trip, although it did not reach 100% satisfaction, but realized 100% of the meaning.
Experiencing a different world and correcting the misconceptions of old concepts is not a vain trip.