I was only there for 5 days total, but it was probably enough to have seen most of it and experienced what it has to offer. For those who dont know, its a small resort town about an hours flight from Saigon. Its touted for its beaches, water activities and two golf courses.
If I can use one word to describe the place, it would be "underwhelmed".
Firstly, the areas where you will find yourself spending time are rather small. There are a ton of bars and restaurants, but no major night clubs or activity. There were times when the streets were dead, and this is meant to be high season. There really is little going on, and the best way to explain it would be to say that it really is a poor mans Thailand. If bars and cheap, nameless restaurants are your thing, you will have it covered in a few days.
The beach is nothing special at all and is rather crap. Vinpearl, a major resort you can only get to by cable car or boat has better beaches, but its mostly resort guests and people chasing the free amusement park that are there.
One thing that struck me as odd was the number of Russians who were holidaying there. I am talking fucktons, to the point that I felt like I was in Siberia at times. Most of the menus are in Russian before they are in English, and there are many places that are geared towards Russians too. Even the TV channels in the hotel have more Russian channels than English.
Now you would think this is a good thing, but I have no idea where the hell these Russians came from. It has to be the ugliest collection of people I have ever seen. The vast majority of them are families or couples, but even the few single women around were very, very average. By Russian standards, they were downright nasty for the most part, and if anyone has been to Nha Trang I will say that its not a reflection on the average Russian woman at all.
Maybe they are advertising it in really poor areas or its a budget holiday for them of some sort, but it was dire at times. Fat, miserable fucking village trash everywhere, with manners to boot. I think the lot of them came from Chernobyl, and these were the ones staying the 4 star hotels.
The Viet women are sexy as fuck at times, but language was a huge issue for me. Not to mention my hotel policy was clear that marriage certificates are required, so you bring in a Viet girl and they are clearly trying to make sure she is not a hooker. Im not sure if this is policy everywhere, but I was told its pretty common for most of the hotels who are clearly beating off sex tourists. So throw in what is widely known as a conservative culture, and you would need to be there a while before you are lash one or two.
Which leaves backpackers, and quite honestly I would rather masturbate in the lobby of my hotel at 10:00AM as everyone is checking out than stick my dick in another one of them.
So all up, Ill just say that its a shit hole that offers next to nothing. If you want a quiet beach holiday, there are tons of places that are better and easier to get to. If you want to take a chick somewhere, this is not the place to be going either, its bargain basement level shit. It also seems to have a "vibrant expat community", ie: retired westerners chasing local whores and spending their days in bars with all the other winners.
As for women? Waste of time unless you are chasing backpackers or spend a long time there chasing local women, in which case you are better off in Hanoi or Saigon to be honest.
All up, the place has potential, but it needs a solid 15 years or so before its going to rival the twenty million other resort towns that leave this crap hole in the dust.
If I can use one word to describe the place, it would be "underwhelmed".
Firstly, the areas where you will find yourself spending time are rather small. There are a ton of bars and restaurants, but no major night clubs or activity. There were times when the streets were dead, and this is meant to be high season. There really is little going on, and the best way to explain it would be to say that it really is a poor mans Thailand. If bars and cheap, nameless restaurants are your thing, you will have it covered in a few days.
The beach is nothing special at all and is rather crap. Vinpearl, a major resort you can only get to by cable car or boat has better beaches, but its mostly resort guests and people chasing the free amusement park that are there.
One thing that struck me as odd was the number of Russians who were holidaying there. I am talking fucktons, to the point that I felt like I was in Siberia at times. Most of the menus are in Russian before they are in English, and there are many places that are geared towards Russians too. Even the TV channels in the hotel have more Russian channels than English.
Now you would think this is a good thing, but I have no idea where the hell these Russians came from. It has to be the ugliest collection of people I have ever seen. The vast majority of them are families or couples, but even the few single women around were very, very average. By Russian standards, they were downright nasty for the most part, and if anyone has been to Nha Trang I will say that its not a reflection on the average Russian woman at all.
Maybe they are advertising it in really poor areas or its a budget holiday for them of some sort, but it was dire at times. Fat, miserable fucking village trash everywhere, with manners to boot. I think the lot of them came from Chernobyl, and these were the ones staying the 4 star hotels.
The Viet women are sexy as fuck at times, but language was a huge issue for me. Not to mention my hotel policy was clear that marriage certificates are required, so you bring in a Viet girl and they are clearly trying to make sure she is not a hooker. Im not sure if this is policy everywhere, but I was told its pretty common for most of the hotels who are clearly beating off sex tourists. So throw in what is widely known as a conservative culture, and you would need to be there a while before you are lash one or two.
Which leaves backpackers, and quite honestly I would rather masturbate in the lobby of my hotel at 10:00AM as everyone is checking out than stick my dick in another one of them.
So all up, Ill just say that its a shit hole that offers next to nothing. If you want a quiet beach holiday, there are tons of places that are better and easier to get to. If you want to take a chick somewhere, this is not the place to be going either, its bargain basement level shit. It also seems to have a "vibrant expat community", ie: retired westerners chasing local whores and spending their days in bars with all the other winners.
As for women? Waste of time unless you are chasing backpackers or spend a long time there chasing local women, in which case you are better off in Hanoi or Saigon to be honest.
All up, the place has potential, but it needs a solid 15 years or so before its going to rival the twenty million other resort towns that leave this crap hole in the dust.