We CAN Actually Float - Nha Trang Mud Baths

A 12 hour overnight bus landed us in Nha Trang. We were running out of time on our visa in Vietnam so we decided to spend only 11 hours here and keep moving North. We had bought a boat trip ticket from Saigon to use in Nha Trang, but neither of us felt like spending the day on the boat and in the sun again. Instead, we rented a motorbike and cruised about 45 km North to check out the salt farms. Well, we didn't find the local people in conical hats farming pyramids of salt that we had seen in postcards, all we saw were flat empty fields of nothing. We did manage to continue on to a pretty beach called Doc Let that was mostly locals and a fine, white powder sand.
The long drive back made our butts real sore for some reason! Too much sitting on buses I think. Our afternoon was spent at the mud baths and mineral spas. We were allotted 20 minutes in the mud pools, and could actually float on top of the mud - it was a weird feeling. After baking in the sun to harden the mud, we showered off and chilled out in the mineral spring spa. My sunburn from kiteboarding was killing me when I got in the hot water, so spent most of the time watching Mush from the side! We did feel revitalized after the experience though, and as it only cost 50000 dong ( just over $3) we managed to treat ourselves to some local seafood at a very local style restaurant before hopping on another night bus to Hoi An - the tailor mecca of Vietnam. *Stub