When our bus arrived in Nha Trang several nights ago, we stepped off it into the Eastern Monsoon which batters the south from May to September. Joylani darted across the sidewalk with our daypacks, while grabbed our big packs from under the bus, trying not to slip in the flooded street. We took a room at the hotel the bus stopped at, which luckily was a good value place. Not so luckily, that night kind of defined our time in Nha Trang. It rained a bit everyday we were there and it was pretty dreary the whole time. Kind of a bummer, considering that the main attraction in Nha Trang is the beach. So how else did we spend our time? Joylani went to a nearby hot springs to indulge in a mudbath and soak in mineral water. We tried a lot of food and found a few treats; delicious BBQ pork and rice for breakfast and fried bananas with glutinous sticky rice and coconut milk for an afternoon dessert. With all the rain, we killed a lot of time at cafes and drank a lot of Vietnamese ice coffee (ca phe sua da), a delicious concoction of coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice. We found beer stalls on the street that served pitchers for a mere 14,000 dong, only around .85 USD. Eating aside, Nha Trang was unimpressive. But I feel that even had it been clear and sunny the past few days, it would’ve disappointed. The long stretch of beach is not very pretty, not too mention its full of hawkers and is only separated from the busy city by a busy road. Urban beaches aren’t too great in the first place, and even worse in stormy weather. I’ll try not to dwell on the past few days though.