{"id":9278,"date":"2016-03-09T01:20:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T06:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=9278"},"modified":"2016-03-09T01:20:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T06:20:51","slug":"beach-town-mui-ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=9278","title":{"rendered":"Beach Town Mui Ne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were warned that Mui Ne would be a beach town for foreigners by our friends, teachers, and every review we read online. Still, when we alighted from the bus and looked around, we were still managed to be a little bewildered by the number of blonde-and-fair-skinned\u00a0visitors\u00a0we saw walking around. However, like almost everyone else who stopped in Mui Ne, we were there for the pristine beaches.<\/p>\n<p>And pristine they were.\u00a0Unlike the beaches in Vung Tao, these beaches were uncluttered, unlittered, and\u00a0utterly clean of garbage. Sure, the walk along the\u00a0back road had its fair share of trash but as soon as we stepped onto the soft sand,\u00a0we were in a different world.<\/p>\n<p>While the beaches were\u00a0postcard-worthy, the wind discouraged us from staying too long. The coast of Mui Ne is a popular spot for wind sports; kitesurfers\u00a0dominated\u00a0water while the\u00a0other\u00a0beachgoers suffered from sand daggers. We were among those who felt the pricks of miniscule grains of sand piercing our skin, and left to head back to the hotel before the sun had set.<\/p>\n<p>Mui Ne offered a number of attractions in addition to its beautiful beaches. We visited\u00a0both the white and red sand dunes as well as a small fishing village and Fairy Stream in one organized morning. We opted to go for a\u00a0sunrise tour that\u00a0began\u00a0at the white sand dunes. Mui Ne is the easternmost point in Vietnam, and therefore is the first part of the country to see the sunrise. Not quite the same as being the first part of the world to experience the new day, but isn&#8217;t that pretty amazing?<\/p>\n<p>Although our stay was short, it offered just the right amount of relaxation and calm for us all to recharge our batteries. These next two weeks will prove to be an interesting struggle &#8211;\u00a0we will attempt to complete midterms while in vacation land &#8211; and the brief respite in Mui Ne before the storm was just what we needed.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9279\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7217-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7217\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9280\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7234-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7234\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9281\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7269-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7269\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9282\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7313-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7313\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9283\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7340-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7340\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9284\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_7349-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7349\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were warned that Mui Ne would be a beach town for foreigners by our friends, teachers, and every review we read online. Still, when we alighted from the bus and looked around, we were still managed to be a little bewildered by the number of blonde-and-fair-skinned\u00a0visitors\u00a0we saw walking around. 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