salt and pepper
Salt and pepper or rest in Mui Ne. (a good thing will not be called a Mui Ne, a joke))))
I must say right away that I am writing for those who want to travel with small children and not very healthy people. Healthy, strong and beautiful youth can read the section of the cafe.
We thought for a long time where to go, because we were traveling with the whole family with a child of 4.5 years. Food was our number one choice. Everyone has health problems. Since my husband and I have been going to Thailand for 12 years, and the children were there 1 time, we decided to go to Vietnam. Read everything and a lot. I asked questions on turpravda, but for some reason no one answered! I should have thought about it right away !! ! but... everything is in order. There is now a direct plane flying from Kyiv to Ho Chi Minh. Tiring, but sat down, ate, slept and flew. BUT... If there is a financial opportunity, then it is better not to fly with an aerosuit, the food is bad (an instant rash went on cucumbers), the flight attendants practically do not pay attention to passengers at all. We flew normally - thanks to the pilots. Of the entire plane, only Ukrainians need to apply for a visa. The visa was issued for about an hour and a half (50 people were in line), the Vietnamese work very slowly. received the luggage, met the guide from the company - AMEGA. He speaks Russian well. We put in a minibus and drove to Fonthiet-Muine. I really liked the climate, there is no humidity, although it is hot, but if there is a breeze, it is wonderful! Mui Ne is a Russian resort. There are very few foreigners, mostly north, Siberia, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The hotel was settled quickly. Passports were not taken. The guide was waiting for us to settle. We drove from the airport to the hotel -6 hours. (We were ready for this according to reviews). Hotel for a normal C grade, food for 2+. But you can eat. We were not satisfied with the food. Nothing is normal for kids. Everything with pepper - more or less, but there is. Our child does not eat eggs and rice. Breakfast: - Vietnamese soup - many people like it, but those who do not like spices and peppers will not do. I liked it, with cilantro, my husband did not. The usual, allegedly European soup was given 2-3 times a week, and for some reason it was sweet and smelled very parsley, hard fruit 4. fruits: watermelon, dragon fruit, papaya, bananas, pineapple. Green tea, black tea, coffee, juices not fresh - orange (more like a yuppie) - melon, tomato - fresh, but highly diluted, food: - rice, vermicelli, chicken with bones, with pepper, pork with vegetables and pepper, bad sausages and greasy bacon, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, banana pancakes (everything is fried on margarine), cucumber, tomato, cheese, ham, butter, pate and something else. No milk porridge, let alone seafood. A couple of times a dish ended - they just remove the bowls and push the rest apart. Replenishment (especially if it's potatoes) - no. Sandwiches with cheese and ham with cucumbers were thrust into the child. At the end of the rest, the child ate half an omelette! STARVED. Several times there were yogurts. Sweet - from rice vermicelli or biscuits. Fortunately, the child loves watermelons. yogurt we bought in a shop opposite the hotel-the crossroads is called. At the weekend - food under the Vietnamese - they come a lot for the weekend. There are normal ones, but mostly not very well-mannered ones: they scatter bulls around the territory, children pee in the pool, they clean their heels in the Jacuzzi (which does not work), women bathe in clothes that they walk down the street !!! ! Noisy, noisy. When the weekend ends, it's a wonderful time.
There are not many people in the hotel.
You can have lunch and dinner in a cafe opposite the hotel - to the right is Madame Chi, to the left is Madame Ding. According to the stories, there were good reviews about the Deja Vu cafe, but we did not get there. In general, there are a lot of all sorts of "madams". Once we went to the Forester - it was very expensive and there was nothing for our child. We dined in many cafes, but the child is tired and asks for cutlets. For the first time we went to the Terrace-Russian restaurant. It seems to have eaten normally, although the prices are higher than in madams. The music, although a thug chanson, was not intrusive. We went on the second day - thieves karaoke yells so that you can not hear anything nearby. For some reason, drunken 50-year-old men imagined themselves to be Levs Leshchenko and Mikhailovs in one person and sang karaoke, elderly drunk aunts danced, then the staff singer sang - also a "great musician" - yelling about a glass of vodka on the table so that his ears were blocked. We asked the local “hookah” waiter - Russian, a little “stoned” uncle, to make the music a little quieter - DO NOT TURN OFF, but TURN THE SOUND ON LITTLE so that the waitresses can be heard - the answer is they invite customers like that and you can’t be quieter - you don’t like it - you can leave and added another sound, and then went pure Soviet scoop! get out of here, go to Vietnamese eateries and eat there, here they listen to music (criminal chanson), but do not talk, etc. etc. and to everything they brought soup with seafood - squids stank so much that they threw up. We do not advise people who respect themselves and have human dignity to go there, and they can simply poison them. Maybe we were so unlucky, but arrogance and rudeness are not welcome! and also "liked" the sign - the best hookah in Vietnam. Did the uncle even understand what he wrote? where is Vietnam and where is the hookah? those who were in the "Arabs" will understand that there is a real Soviet trick, and the local Vietnamese residents generally laugh and say - Russian (nai... ) is deceiving the Russians! By the way, if anyone wants marijuana, they also offer it near the terrace.
Once we dined in a cafe with singing Filipinos, they sing beautifully, but they brought me a fried shark that stinks of ammonia. I returned it and said that it smelled bad, apologized, but did not dare to take anything else. Mine ate European cuisine and shrimp.
In general, everyone can choose something to their taste. Cobra is served almost everywhere (with a slaughter ritual), crocodile too, ostrich too, by the way, very tasty, duck is also tasty. The price range is different. For ourselves, we chose Madame CHI. Fresh juices - not very diluted - very tasty, cooked normally - pepper on request. There is also Thai tom yam (delicious, although somewhat idiosyncratic) and Vietnamese food. They took boiled potatoes to the child, bought butter in the store and crushed it in mashed potatoes. Ostrich meat or fish was cut and the child ate. Good chicken soup. Portions are big. Prices are not very high - five of us with a child and a bottle of Dalat wine spent from 30 to 50 dollars. We had lunch at a German restaurant next to the hotel. The prices are high, they cook normally, but they brought something completely different from what we ordered and what was on the menu! Juices diluted. Two soups and two fresh juices - $13.
We went to the FISHING VILLAGE on the second day. Read the Internet - fresh seafood !! ! All of this is, to put it mildly, not true. Yes, fish swim in an aquarium, but spiny lobster, squid, lobster, shrimp, shells, etc. – mostly fresh-frozen! Yes, they lie in their basins of water, supposedly alive, but in fact they are defrosting. (If meat has come out between the tail and neck of a lobster, this is a sure sign of freezing). The price for a live lobster is from 70 to 100 dollars and more, there can be no question of any cheapness. In Kharkov, a frozen lobster costs 20-30 dollars per kg. 41 dollars - live. In Paris, we ate lobsters for 90 euros -live in a restaurant! We went around the whole village, looked into every cafe, we did not find live lobsters! they offered from the freezer, while they said that they had recently been alive))) but they saw how they wash dishes in basins, and how rats walk around the kitchen, with what dirty rags they wipe glasses and wine glasses. We didn’t go to the village anymore, and in Mui Ne the SAME PRICES! SO WHAT about cheapness is a MYTH! Maybe compared to Moscow or Kiev restaurants? the second myth about live seafood! Yes, they are not frozen, but not alive! Everything is designed for tourists and prices accordingly.
About the hotel: the hotel is good. Out of all the nearby pool location is the best. There is a shade. The pool is open until 10 pm. Such a buzz when you lie in very warm water, palm trees rustle around, sometimes coconuts fall, and above you there is a southern sky and stars....a lot. because of this, I would go there again. In general, in Mui Ne, a strong and very strong wind begins on the beach from 9-10 o'clock. Carries sand and big waves rise. This area is for skaters. But the trouble is that 90 percent are only studying. When you swim, you need to not only watch the waves, but also the skaters - they can run over, hit, or rather beat with a wing. and scooters also beckon customers by riding a meter away from bathers. A few days escaped from the wind by the pool. They clean the room well, though the linen is not quite clean - stained and grayish in color. At the reception you can take a thermos with boiling water for coffee and tea, there is NO kettle in the rooms. Coffee and tea were taken from home. You can buy either Lipton black or Vietnamese green (with various additives). There are small red ants in the rooms and there are geckos, but this is not annoying. The territory is beautiful, green. Sunbeds are not enough, but you can always find.
Excursions: we were in Dalat - very interesting for the child too. Fishing on the lake - nadurilovka. They give tourists bad tackle and bait too, so that they don’t catch all the fish))), and lakes are a very big word. In general, I liked the rest, although it constantly strained - what to feed on? Another VERY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE NO PHARMACIES AS SUCH IN MUI NE! take all your medicines! When the medicine ran out for the child, we went to the clinic and there we were able to explain in English what was needed.
The last 2 days we were in HO CHI MIN. We thought to look around the city, shopping, excursions, etc.
We stayed at the Sapphire Hotel. The hotel is not bad, but the standard rooms are WITHOUT WINDOWS. Very depressing state of being in the room. YES, This is not Baiyoke Sky)))). The hotel is undergoing renovations. Tourists are not warned about this. We were settled on the 9th floor, the children on the 8th. Repairs were made on the 10th floor. The first day we went with the child from the grunts-knocks walked in the park. Hot, but beautiful. The playground is not broken, everything is clean. Motorcyclists are not very loud to hear. Then we got tired of the festivities, we wanted to relax - we went to the administration - the children were moved to a deluxe room on the 6th floor - WITH A WINDOW, but smaller in area than the standard. There is no pool in the hotel. Since we were picked up from the hotel at 24 o'clock, we extended the room. Money is taken per day. They don't have late check out.
Conclusion: Vietnam is an interesting, beautiful and unique country. The climate is good in February-early March. Rest in hotels 3-4-5 stars is from expensive to very expensive. If you want seafood and wine for breakfast, white sheets and a kettle, you are at -5 stars. The deluxe room cost us 115 dollars per night, I would not say that it was cheap. Although the country is not rich! The Vietnamese, for the most part, do not know Russian, English, or German. (Except for guides) People with healthy "bellies" can go, but with small children, it is problematic. I don’t know how they didn’t go to Nha Chang, but Mui Ne is not for calm swimming, but only for jumping on the waves. In the evening there is nowhere to go except restaurants. Things are expensive compared to Tai for example. And one more thing I didn’t like! - No offense is said for the Russians. Many hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops were bought by Russians, service and prices are higher than those of the Vietnamese. Quality-scoop! And the Vietnamese look at them and slowly take an example. We often heard how they laugh at us - Russians fool Russians. Agree - very annoying!
Actually go to Vietnam. It's always fun to see new countries! Especially beautiful! YES, WHY SALT AND PEPPER?? ? BUT BECAUSE IN ALL CAFE AND RESTAURANTS US WE WERE SERVED IN A POT OF SALT MIXED WITH PEPPER. SUCH A GRAY MIX!
