I had a mud bath today. The Thap Ba Hot Springs are just outside of the city of Nha Trang where we’ve been the last couple of days. It’s supposedly well known in Vietnam for its mud baths, so I decided to give it a try. (Matt adamantly refused saying, “why would I want to go in a hot spring when it is already so hot?” But he was kind enough to be my moto driver and wait outside until I was done.) I went in the morning and there were only a dozen or so other people there. Even though I didn’t pay for the individual tubs, I still had everything to myself. After a quick mineral water shower, one of the attendants filled a hot tub sized bath partway with mud. It was much more watery than I thought it would be, but nice. It was the color of a latte and had a gritty texture. After soaking for a while, I headed back to the shower to rinse off. Then it was off too a little soaking tub with wonderfully hot mineral water. Thankfully, it was actually kind of overcast and cool that day, so the hot water felt nice. I skipped the waterfall and swimming pool since Matt was waiting outside, but with a group of friends, it could have been a fun place to hang out for an afternoon. So, is my skin noticeably exfoliated and radiant? Um, I can’t actually tell, but it was fun to try the whole hot springs mud bath thing. It was a completely different experience from my first (semi) mud bath: 3^rd grade at my friend’s new house where there was no grass, only freshly tilled soil. Much to her dad’s horror, we found a hose and made a huge mud puddle, but I think it caked up the soil when it dried. Oops.