Dune (+ bad comedy!)

We started Boxing Day with a refreshing swim in the pool. No synchronised swimming today, but we can show Nick ignoring the No Diving rule:

For much of the rest of the day, the four of us went on an old-school jeep tour of all the local 'sights', starting off with the Fairy Springs.

Walking through a muddy red trickle without our shoes wasn't the best of starts:

But since we were in a river, we decided to go with the flow!

[Baboomb ching! Thank you, we're here all week!]

 

 

This was then followed by a lot of thigh-busting climbing...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catching our breath for a second at the top...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Followed by leaping and skidding down the other side! :-)

 

 

 

The remainder of the springs consisted of rather strange rock and sand formations... Mweh... The 'fountain' once we got there, turned out to be a  small dribble of water. Despite that, we had a cool time, and no-one can ever say that Nick is a stick-in-the-mud. ;-)

[Mwah, mwah, mwaaaaaaaaaah!]

We went back through Mui Ne town again for long enough to take some more snaps:

 

 

Down by the waterfront where they bring in the shrimpy-fishy goodness (!?) they make the fish sauce out of was especially 'pleasing' to smell.

 

 

 

So, back into the jeep for a ride onto the 'main event' - the sand dunes that Mui Ne is known for. Here's some bad hair in the jeep:

 

 

 

And here's some bad hair on the sand dunes.

We probably should call it Hazel's 'Windswept Look'.

 

 

 

 

The dunes themselves were... a long way away. And we didn't have the time to do the Sand Sledging either - though it wasn't anyway near as exhilarating as the tour companies make out!

We finished the tour and got back to the main beach, where we took in the beautiful scene of dozens of the colourful kits cutting through the air. We both like this shot - the couple kissing in the middle give it that extra bit of romance. It's one of the better photos we've taken on this trip:

 

 

 

We finished off the day with some cocktails and nibbles at the (five star) Sailing Club to see how the 'other half' live - ie those who are not on backpacker's budgets!

[It may not *actually* be five star, but it was for us anyway!]

 

Namaste!

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