Vietnam - The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget - page 884

volunteers who wish to teach English in her free education
scheme. Daily 10am-1am.
Guava 17 Biet Thu. Stylish cocktail bar with comfortable
couches, afternoon movies and themed drinks specials
in the evenings (happy hour 5-9pm), as well as Bloody
Marys to go with your breakfast. Daily 10am-midnight.
La Louisiane Brewhouse 29 Tran Phu. Beach club with
a free pool and private beach; the microbrewery offers a
range of beers (large beer 75,000VND) made with all
natural ingredients, and there's an eclectic menu of
Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and international dishes.
Daily 7am-1am.
Red Apple Club 54b Nguyen Thien Thuat. Adjoining
Backpackers House , this wildly popular nightspot caters
to the party crowd that favours the afternoon booze
cruise boats. Guzzle from a cocktail bucket (60,000VND)
or a beer funnel. Daily 2pm-late.
Sailing Club 7 Tran Phu. Draws a well-heeled expat
crowd and hordes of tourists to its refined beachfront bar
and dancefloor. Rowdy travellers and drunks not welcome.
Monthly full-moon parties are held on the beach with
live DJ sets. Admission 90,000VND including one drink.
Daily 7am-2am.

August and December attract surfers, while
the strong, consistent winds and relatively
low rainfall mean that kitesurfers and
windsurfers thrive year-round, particularly
from late October to late April.

WHAT TO SEE AND DO
Mui Ne is justifiably famous for its
impressive Sahara-esque red and white
sand dunes , best seen in late afternoon,
which can be visited as part of a guided
tour or independently by bicycle or
motorbike. he white-sand dunes are
quite far out and neither the white nor
the red is pristine, unfortunately; a steady
stream of visitors brings a steady stream of
rubbish and quad bikes erode the fragile
landscape. En route to the dunes, it is
worth a stop at Mui Ne village for a scenic
vantage point from the road, high over
the bevy of blue fishing boats jostling in
the harbour, as the fishmongers prepare
their wares on the sand below. Another
worthy stop is the Fairy Springs , 5km east
of the centre of Mui Ne, a shallow stream
that runs through a beautiful red rock
and sand dune canyon. Ignore the young
men who offer to be guides; you can
hardly get lost here.

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MUI NE
What started out as a pristine 10km-long
stretch of sand with a small fishing village
at the end of it is now lined cheek-by-jowl
with budget beachside accommodation
and an increasing number of upmarket
resorts. Low-key Mui Ne is a prime place
for adrenaline junkies: the waves between

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
By bus Open-tour buses from both north and south pass
through around noon and, less conveniently, around 2am.

Bau Me Village

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Jibes

Hoi Tinh
Pagoda

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Sinh Tourist

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Market

MUI NE
VILLAGE

ACCOMMODATION
Bien Dua Resort
Hai Yen
Hong Di
Mui Ne Backpackers
Mui Ne Lodge
The Sun

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2 Harbour