Decided to head to a beach on the southern side of the island, we were told that although it was only 12 km away the road was steep, windy and judging by the mix of words and hand gestures unsafe for cycling to. Our option was to go by car or motorbike....... We thought we would brave a motorbike although neither of us had the first clue how to start it! When the guy realised we hadn't ridden he looked slightly panic stricken and said too dangerous as strong wind & our inexperience would probably mean we would come off the road & plunge into the sea (this again was through broken english/Vietnamese & hand gestures!!). We opted to be driven to the beach, so finally we left in the safety of a car. The beach was stunning (those on Facebook would have seen the picture & mum I emailed it to you 😀) and only 2 others shared it with us for at least two hours. We grabbed a couple of deck Chairs and admired the view, when we got too hot we went for a swim in the cool turquoise water. By lunch time we were ready for food and there was a food shack that did fresh seafood and beer......well we had to try it really. So we ordered barbecued prawns, crab and beer (I tried not to think about how the prawns had been caught, the coral reefs around here are supposed to be stunning) 😀. After 5 hours on a stunning beach we found the sand flies were biting and we were getting too hot, so we dragged ourselves away and were driven back to our little bungalow.
