As we continued on through what would to become a 7 day party week we thought that we should do a little more then get drunk and Nina wanted to go to the mud baths we kept hearing about and seeing pictures of and also because she had become burnt as red as a lobster of the last few days. So to make it more interesting we decided on hiring scooters and biking it there since we hadn't done that yet. So far so good.
Greg, damn you, said "yeah yeah yeah, all good I know where it is. I got directions, you all just follow me" famous last words. It was also the last day before jules and tim were to head off up to Hoi An so it ended up being the six of us. Greg, Jules, Tim, Nina, Amber and Myself all biking through Nha Trang to go to these mysterious Mud Baths.
At first it was awesome and I have no idea why we had not hired scooters up until this point but I was so glad we did. I teamed up with Nina because she wouldn't let me drive, tim and jules took turns and greg and amber. We were cruising for a good half hour and managed to lose each other twice before gathering together at a restaurant for directions. This we found out that greg had no ideas where to go and that we had actually driven a good 25 mins in the wrong direction. We then drive back and finally see a mud bath sign. I give directions to greg to turn right while were all stopped at a traffic light (which greg your meant to stop at FYI) and the the boys and my bike managed to turn ok but greg had disappeared. Apparently he thought I signalled that the mud baths were just there and pulled into some building, waited for 20 mins then came to find us when they realised we hadn't shown up.lol. that was the last we saw of them till we got back home.
Jules and Tim did manage to stick with us for a few more minutes hilariously turning the wrong way at the temple round about and then having to do a U-turn through a busy street which was hilarious for both teams. Kudos Nina for not killing me btw. Then we were cruising down a main street and our bike started to stutter and die. The boys were ahead of us and then we were alone. We travelled along the busy street before we need up pulling over and then bike wouldn't start anymore. I was busting to go to the loo and this nice lady came out from a shirt store which was also her home and see if we were ok. We were luckily across the road from a petrol station. I asked nina if she thought there would be a toilet at the station with a "nah I don't think so response" so I asked the lady and she offered me her toilet for 10.000 dong. Yep I paid to pee, the equivalent of 50cents. and it was good.
We got to the station and no one could speak english at all, fair enough, and the one guy hat did help only helped us conclude that the bike wasn't working. We were stuck for about 10 mins before we hired a bike driver who after 5 more mins we figured out would push us to the mud baths. I jumped on the back and Nina drove our broken scooter and he literally drove behind her and with his right foot gave her a little push every now and then. classic!
Instead of driving to the Mud Baths he drove us to someone he knew who spoke english. :( who then told him that we wanted to go to the Mud Baths. We thought to gave the bike another go and who'd a thunk it it worked. He escorted us to the temple, told us it was the Mud Baths. The same temple with the roundabout that we lost Jules and Tim at. boo. we were not happy. It was also a freaking hot day and we were both getting burnt. Luckily we got some really good directions from a temple guy and realised our earlier mistake. We shouldn't have stuck to the main road and taken a little sneaky left instead which you then followed for 15 minutes on a broken pot hole ridden dirt road and eventually, eventually …..bam! fing Mud Baths.
Yes. Mud Baths here we go. non of the other made it to the Mud Baths in the end. Just me and Nina. I have to say that after all the effort in trying to get there, there was no way I want going to go in. Mud Bath 1 hour. like a giant pool of brown cool exfoliating cream. with a leaf thrown in every now and then. Oh and you floated so well in there. Then 1 hour hot water bath. The water was the perfect temperature. sooo hot but not burning. 1 word. Amazing.
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