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Written: 3 october 2008
Travel time: 4 — 11 january 2008
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Well, here's another review of what he saw (earlier you could find reviews of different hotels in different parts of the world). Now we will talk about a new country - Vietnam and a review of the Bamboo Village hotel.

Before about the flight: I was flying with Vietnamese airlines and once again experienced an orgasm from the service. All for a solid five. And I was even surprised that everything was spilled, from wine to whiskey, and at the same time, there were no drunks on board the plane. It’s probably better for ours to pour than they will buy in duty free and drink nicely from a straw while sitting on a push. Flight time 9 hours.

My next vacation took place in the new year. December 28.2007 My wife and I took off from Domodedovo, had dinner and breakfast on board the plane and found ourselves 7260 km from Moscow. At a time when it was 0 degrees outside in Moscow, leaving the doors of the plane, I felt the charm of summer and at least +30. The clock was 8 am.


Ho Chi Minh Airport is a new creation of the communists on democratic money. Everything inside is beautiful and smart.
10 minutes at customs, and we ended up on the street, where, among more than 200 people, I could hardly find my name on the plate of one of the Vietnamese guides. The guide is 100% Vietnamese, lived in Russia in the era of the denim wave. Now he meets us and takes us to hotels. We drove like kings - a personal Korean-made class C car. Our tour from December 28.2007 included 14 days, of which 10 at sea, 2 in Cambodia and 2 in Ho Chi Minh City (look for reviews by the name of the country and city). And we were immediately taken to a hotel on the sea.

Phan Thiet - looks more like a sea village of fishermen. One-story houses along the road. Next to it is the resort village of Mui Ne. The road from Ho Chi Minh City to the hotel is 4.5 hours. The road is flat, but rolled out of the ordinary disgustingly. Poor cars.

About roads and means of transportation. Vietnam is like China. There are a lot of people, there are few places to ride, so a lot of people move around on motorbikes and bicycles.

Sometimes it seems that the country is born on motorbikes. Everyone goes, both grandmothers and children. Rights for management are not needed, which is a problem for the state. By the way, there are no rules either. That is, they exist, but no one fulfills them. In case of accidents, the participants in the accident themselves decide who is to blame. But here you can also see a lot of very cool cars, such as the Audi Q7, the updated Porsche Cayenne, the Mercedes CLR. These cars look very stupid among the poor population, which moves on any old junk jeep that the Americans left after the war, or maybe the Vietnamese did not give it away. There are not many rich people here. 3-5% for the whole country. But our auto industry is here in all its glory: Kamaz, Luaz, Belaz, Oise, Niva, Chaika14 even hit the lens of my Canon D400 camera. It is thanks to cyclists and motorbikers that the speed on the roads is no more than 50 km / h. And there are a lot of trucks driving on the roads, creating even more problems.

And here we are in Mui Ne.
The village stands along the sea, hotels and restaurants are separated by a road. There are few attractions.

Hotel Bamboo Village 3 stars. Sorry, but he pulls on all 5 stars. And let its territory be equal to one football field, but it is covered with palm trees, 2 heated pools, a restaurant by the sea, all the benefits for sports and recreation, and most importantly - respect for the guest!! ! The breakfast included in our package was excellent. I, as a gourmet, was able to find food in the morning. Lunch and dinner everywhere. The hotel is a little more expensive, but when you pay $15 for a dinner for two with wine and shrimp, you don’t want to talk about the difference of $3-5. Juices natural fresh for $1. We hardly ate $200 in 7 days. The location of the hotel is very good - everything tasty and necessary is within walking distance.
Forester Restaurant, where you can taste barbecue from a crocodile and other animals (left the hotel, 50 m to the right, on the other side of the road, there is also the best spa and massage in the entire resort), Wonderland travel agency, where a Russian Vietnamese works (from the hotel to the right 100 m and on the opposite side. There is also a very tasty restaurant with seafood), an Indian restaurant (to the left of the hotel 25 m. ), motorcycle and bike rental (to the left of the hotel 50 m. ). I recommend trying the turtle soup. About 40$. I was impressed, especially the turtle foot in the plate. I squeamed for a long time, and then I thought about the chicken that I eat every day and ate everything to the last drop. The taste is excellent, and the taste and useful qualities turned out to be higher than expected - the next time I ate the next day. Very appetizing. The cobra skewers also seemed very tasty.

The bungalows in the hotel are comfortable and have a beautiful view of the courtyard to the pool and their own porch with seating, and some bungalows are right on the sea. The entire territory of the hotel is green and comfortable. Cleaned 2 times a day. There are sun loungers on the sea, but a good half of the Germans take them from sunrise (the ghouls are still those). And what a New Year's banquet we had in this hotel ...A fairy tale for $ 35 according to the all-inclusive system. There were also artists and a sea of ​ ​ food. The Germans drank free, ours drank everything from duty free. The Germans sat bored, ours sang loudly (our songs are in vogue with them, especially 10.000, 000 scarlet roses and Kalinka-malinka). Speaking of vacationers in general. 60/40 Germans and Russians. I just don’t understand one thing, but all the other countries work for us or what? And in the village ...I have not yet seen people so happy about your arrival. The Vietnamese are actually a very hardworking and kind nation. They just go into business and do their best. There is no one to teach them.
But they develop good feelings and you are ready to forgive them everything, even broken English and Russian. Here they are already beginning to understand Russian. We try and teach them our words, which they are unable to pronounce due to the dialect and the development of speech.

About vacationers. This surprised me even on the plane: 90% of those flying to Vietnam are Russian people over 30, always with children. There is no redneck who has saved all his life for Egypt, and there he feels like a king from his Neftekhrunsk. Among these, you begin to look at the world differently and in Vietnam you understand that our cattle will not appear here soon, which means we will be respected, because among us there are a lot of very kind and able to relax people. Why won't the bastard show up here? Well, it's very simple. Not many are ready to shake for 4-5 hours in a car, all hotels are sold only with breakfast, hotels are mostly 3 *, there are no excursions, there is no shopping at all, life dies out at 22 o'clock.
Just a vacation at the sea, where every day the waves are 2 meters, where the water t is +25 and the air is +32, where there are many fish gifts and just a paradise for a photographer and nature lover.

What to do. The sea here is with big waves and all vacationers do not get out of them. Many ski and board. You can relax on the sea or by the pool. You can rent a scooter (about 10 ye per day) and go to the red dunes (to the right of the hotel 15 km in a straight line. There is also a flower lake) or to a lying bude 40 meters long (to the left of the hotel 50 km through the city of Phan Thiet). The roads are very simple and it is not possible to get lost. Cards are sold at rental locations. You can also just ride along the embankment or watch the sailing of the fishermen in the evening (more than 1000 boats leave the coast to the sea).


What to buy. There are no big mega malls here. There is no Prado and Dolce Gabana here. True, in Ho Chi Minh City there is a Vertu and a Mercedes salon. You can buy masterpiece paintings made of fabric, crafts made of bamboo, wood, clay.
Or you can grab fruits that you can’t buy in Moscow even in Globus Gourmet.

Money. The Vietnamese are millionaires. Well, that's how they got it. And everything. It's just that the rate of $1 is equal to 16.000 of their tange. We exchanged a hundred tanks and hello - you are one of them. There is no cheating anywhere, you will be returned the extra money if you accidentally mixed up the money. It took me a long time to get used to the number of zeros. Honesty at every step!! ! Sometimes they do get their restaurant bills wrong, so without much malice, take another look at what you're paying for. Sometimes these mistakes are not in your favor.

Finally. Vietnam is definitely a paradise for those who want a relaxing holiday by the sea and away from our drinking tourists. I often visit different parts of the world, and many of my reviews found their fellow travelers, and many were grateful. May my lines be pleasant and useful to you too. A trip to the fabulous country of Vietnam will leave only pleasant memories.

Best regards, and have a nice holiday.
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