Vietnam Special Topic Half sea water, half fire, the most beautiful blend of water and fire—Mui Ne

Starting from Mui Ne, I really felt like I was in the tropics.

The hot sun makes it impossible to stay on the beaches and roads without tree shade for one more minute,

let alone a leisurely walk.

Most of the people walking on the road wearing flip-flops, sunglasses and carrying surfboards are white people who like to sunbathe.

Mui Ne, a small fishing village in southeastern Vietnam, has a 10-kilometer-long half-moon beach.

Mui Ne has a beautiful name. It was originally a small fishing village on the seaside. When night falls, the sea breeze blows through the thick coconut shadows, and the sky will surely be filled with stars, stretching into the endless sea; when the morning star lights up the sky, the glow dyes the beach red, and outlines the outline of the fishing village, which is warm.

With Mui Ne Fishing Village as the center point, there are central, eastern and western beaches to the west of the fishing village. The western beach is dominated by large resorts, while the central and eastern beaches are dominated by backpacker Guest Houses. There is only one main road in Mui Ne, which runs from west to east through the fishing village and then extends north, and then travels for more than 30 kilometers to reach the white sand dunes.

Hai Dang Resort is located more than 20 kilometers north of the fishing village, far away from the fishing village and far away from the hustle and bustle of the west, central and east coasts. If you like liveliness and are close to Sinh Tourist and the seafood stall is right at the door, this is not the place for you. But the advantage of Hai Dang is that it is more like a Garden of Eden away from the hustle and bustle, facing the sea to the east and the sunrise in the east.

In fact, Mui Ne is a straight road next to the sea. It is divided into three regions: East, Central and West. The east is where local residents gather, the middle is home to a large number of seafood stalls and hotels, and the west is high-end resort hotels. Although many people mentioned that the seafood in Mui Ne is cheap and delicious. Maybe more and more people are going there in recent years. Their seafood is actually about the same price as Shenzhen, and there are very few varieties. Compared with the seafood in Shenzhen market, the seafood in Mui Ne pales in comparison.

I think Mui Ne is the most suitable city for vacation in Vietnam. There are very few Chinese people and most of them are European and American tourists. The asphalt roads in the entire city are straight. Rent a motorcycle and watch the sunrise on the white sand dunes and the sunset on the red sand dunes... It's so cool that you don't have any friends.

The first feeling when arriving in Mui Ne is the heat! hot! hot!

It has become a lot darker along the way from north to south, but Mina has become so dark that she has no friends. The 5++ sunscreen applied to my body was already very oily, and as I got tanned, the strong sunlight hit me, making my whole body dark and shiny. I just wanted not to get sunburned.

Fairy Creek is a stream in Mui Ne. The water is clear, the sand in the water is very soft, and there are four-leaf clover and other plants growing on the bank. The water in Fairy Creek is very shallow and the sand is very fine. After being exposed to the scorching sun, the water temperature is a bit warm. When you wade barefoot in the water, your feet step on the fine sand. The fine sand and the warm water flow between your toes, as if a fairy is caressing you with her delicate hands.

The entrance to Fairy Creek is very inconspicuous. Unless you look at the map carefully, you will probably pass it in a blink of an eye. The entrance is next to the locals' houses, and the surrounding area is very smelly. It's very funny to see the entangled expressions of everyone who want to go into the water, but don't dare to go into the water. An uncle who came out from playing inside said to me, "Don't worry" ,it's fine", in an instant, the shoes fell off as soon as they were taken off.

At the end of Fairy Creek is a small waterfall. In fact, there is a relatively wide river upstream, so when taking a shower at this waterfall, you must consider that the sand upstream will also wash down along with the water. If you see someone After wiping the stream water on his face, he kept spitting sand out of his mouth, which made everyone present laugh.

What you can’t miss in Mui Ne is the Mui Ne Fishing Village Trading Port. There are people going out to sea in the evening and fishing early in the morning. There is a lively seafood trade. Of course, there are also fresh seafood barbecues that are bought and cooked. There are also nearby residents who come here to wholesale. You can smell the smell of fish everywhere. To the breath of the sea. You will see Vietnamese women in traditional costumes driving motorcycles to the beach to wait for their husbands’ harvest. You will also see some special fishing tools and some fresh seafood lying in colorful baskets. There, waiting to be taken to a hotel or other restaurant.

PS: The sunrise and sunset in the small fishing village are beautiful. Friends who have time must go and see it.

The most attractive thing about Mui Ne is the huge sand dunes, white sand dunes, red sand dunes and red rivers composed of extremely special karst landforms. The white sand dunes are more spectacular than the red sand dunes and more worth visiting. The white sand can even be used for sandboarding. Here you can feel that there are freshwater lakes deep in the desert. The lakes are covered with tall and deep tropical jungle vegetation. The sand dunes are wrapped in green trees and lotus flowers are floating on the lakes. Feel the wind blowing and the waves rolling, the jungle treetops on the shore rustling, and the sand flowing without leaving a trace.

Most of the seaside resorts have sandy beaches and few deserts. Growing up by the seaside in Shenzhen, I have little interest in the sea, but Mui Ne, which is half desert and half sea, is very special. This is probably why Mui Ne attracts most people.

The room we stayed in was very small and the soundproofing was a bit poor. There were two Koreans living next door who made a lot of noise. This time we came down and found that Smecta spoke louder than us. We often hear high-pitched conversations in the store, most of which are Koreans. In addition, I found that my ability to distinguish people from China, Japan and South Korea has reached the Max, and I did not miss a single time during the whole process.

Mui Ne Beach is actually a bit hidden. You need to go through the alley next to the road to reach it. If you stay in any hotel on the coastline, you don’t have to worry about this. The hotel’s beach will not be closed. Walk along Just fine. Kite surfing is a very popular recreational project. If you have the basics, you can rent the equipment and try your hand. If you don’t have the basics, there is no need to worry. There are many instructors who will sit on the beach with their own equipment. As long as the price can be negotiated, they will There is plenty of time to teach you.

I was lucky enough to find a camera position high on a sand dune and was able to capture the beautiful scenery of a stream distinguishing two landforms. However, in windy weather, the limestone powder, which is finer than sand grains, posed a problem for the camera. It poses a great threat to human health. Glasses and masks are essential equipment. The stains on the camera CMOS must be cleaned manually to remove them.

After walking a few steps with bare feet

I was directly hit by the strong wind

The person was blown terribly by the wind

My whole body and all my equipment were completely baptized by the sand

Even the smallest corner in my backpack was not spared

The camera was not spared either

The sunrise on the white sand dunes and the sunset on the red sand dunes will always be equally unforgettable. Putting myself behind the red sand dunes seems to have forgotten my own existence, and it just makes me appreciate it completely. The happiest moment of the day is laziness. I lay on the sand dunes and stared at the sunset. Everyone was coveting this warmth. There was so much reluctance that I had the urge to chase.

The red sand dunes are suitable for watching the sunset. Choose a high place, sit on the dunes, and look at the sea in the distance and the sunset over the sea. Watching the sunset gradually sinking to the west, turning half of the sky red, the purple sunset glow and brown-red sand dunes look even more beautiful under the afterglow of the setting sun. The blue sky and white clouds are paired with the red sand dunes. If it is a girl wearing red, Long skirts are very easy to create.

If you want to go sandboarding on the Red Sand Dunes, pay attention to the local children. They will follow you, take photos for you, teach you sandboarding, and just give you a tip, but! ! ! Your tips are not their goal! They are stealing items from your bag, so do not give your bag to them.

The fishing village of Mui Ne is an entire tidal flat. The sea is dotted with fishing boats far and wide, and the air is filled with a solid fishy smell. It is like returning to the dirty and messy place where the heroine first meets the hero in the movie Lover. Real fishing village pier.

On the beachfront of Mui Ne, eating boke-style barbecue has almost become a patent for Chinese tourists. A large number of Chinese tourists flock to boke to taste the neurotic inventions of Vietnamese people who have no knowledge of cooking. Green-lipped clams sprinkled with chives and chopped peanuts are roasted and completely lose their own flavor. However, this dish is sought after by many Chinese. Lobster actually doesn’t have a very good price. On the contrary, you can find many good choices at roadside stalls in local residential areas, but the prices are still not very cheap. Crab costs 300,000 dong per kilogram, lobster 450,000 dong. Mussels and many shellfish also cost 50,000 dong per kilogram. The recipe is simple and the taste is average.

I really doubt the writers who write guides about delicious food in Vietnam have ever tasted various Chinese cuisines. There is almost no comparison between Vietnam's seafood, except that it is fatter than the aquatic products in China's major seafood markets.

If you have tasted Shenzhen’s seafood partners, Weihai’s clams from Tianheng Island, Zhanjiang’s charcoal-grilled oysters, and Shenzhen’s various seafood hotpots, I don’t think you’ll even take a second look at these Vietnamese foods.

The must-visit attractions for Chinese people in Mui Ne are nothing more than the Red and White Sand Dunes and Fairy Creek. Apart from Fairy Creek, I was a little surprised. The Red and White Sand Dunes are responsible for saying that there is no suspense at all. If you have been there in China Xiangshawan and Kubuqi in Inner Mongolia, Tengger and Shapotou in Ningxia, Crescent Spring in Gansu or any Gobi in Xinjiang, even the Tianmo next to Beijing or the Gold Coast in Nandaihe, then for you , the red and white sand dunes are all weak places. Absolutely weak. If you are not a photography enthusiast pulling your girlfriend, or if you are the photography enthusiast’s girlfriend wearing an Ao dai and a bamboo hat and standing on the sand dunes to take pictures of the beauty of the calendar, then this attraction will be even more weak!

The delicate sand of Fairy Creek made me a little excited. There are actually many stalagmites in the open-air karst landform. Could it be that this was a cave back then? Could it be that Fairy Creek was a former underground river? I have an evil thought: maybe it was because the US military blew up the mountain and exposed such a valley.

I originally thought that Mui Ne was all about the above-mentioned activities and that I should leave after that. However, when I walked to the beach of Mui Ne, I realized that Mui Ne’s kitesurfing is the most attractive place, at least it attracted me. I was drooling on the beach and watched a group of European and American handsome guys and beauties holding kites and rushing left and right in the waves. It made me want to learn to surf.

The most painful thing about taking portraits in Vietnam is getting up early. There is a time difference of one hour in Vietnam than in China. That is to say, the sun rises at 6 o'clock in China and 5 o'clock in Vietnam. If you want to grab the light before sunrise, you have to get up at 4 o'clock.

Fortunately, people of my age like Kuai Ben San do not like to live overnight, and the hotel TV does not have Chinese channels. I usually finish shooting the sunset, eat dinner, and then go to bed. The next day I can get up at 4 o'clock! After taking the photo, around 9 or 10 o'clock, I had breakfast and went back to the hotel to catch up on my nap. I slept until noon, rode a motorcycle out to look for food, then returned to the hotel to sleep after eating, and went out to check out the spots at 3 p.m. to take photos of the sunset... After a few days of tossing about this, I found that getting up early and going to bed early was quite refreshing. Something happened.

Mui Ne’s fishing village is characterized by its original ecology. What kind of original ecology? ! It’s a state where no one manages or cleans it, it’s a natural state!

The sea has a broad mind. No matter how much garbage you give him, he will return it to you in bits and pieces!

Along the long coastline of the fishing village, garbage washed up by the waves is everywhere. In the early morning, we wanted to find a clean seat on the fishing village beach to do push-ups. We walked back and forth several times, but we couldn't find a seat to sit down.

The most distinctive feature of the fishing village is the "dustpan boat" used by the fishermen. This is not for fishing, but for transporting seafood from fishing boats that cannot dock to the shore.

I visited the fishing villages in several cities in Vietnam, and only the "dustpan boat" in Mui Ne was painted to look shiny and beautiful. Sunrise or sunset can serve as a perfect backdrop for portraits.

The positioning of Mui Ne fishing village on Google Maps is not very accurate. If you follow it, you will reach the fisherman’s house. It is better to follow the sun, walking east in the morning and west in the afternoon. Where there are few people and many "dustpan boats", just shine there.

The fishermen here are not very friendly. I wonder if it is because they are often chased away by Chinese warships when they go fishing. I was taking pictures in a fishing village. A fisherman came over and asked if I could go fishing in a boat. I politely refused and continued taking pictures. He just walked back and forth within the scope of my lens until I left.

An old lady watched me shoot the whole time. She thought it was not enough, so she took the initiative to lead me to a fishing boat, which meant that it was closer to the sea. We had to cross a simple bamboo bridge to get to the fishing boat. I was a little afraid to cross it. The old lady took off her slippers and walked onto the bamboo bridge first, signaling that she would pull me across. I quickly prepared to take off my shoes, but she waved her hand for me to put them on. After they led me to the fishing boat, the old lady sat down in a place that would not interfere with my taking pictures.

At this time, another fishing boat came over. The owner of the boat warmly invited me to get on the boat. I was about to get on the boat. The old lady quickly grabbed me and said something to the owner of the boat. The owner of the boat said angrily. Row the boat away. The old lady said a few words in Vietnamese to me with a mysterious face, but I didn't understand it. I thought it might be "you need money to get on the boat" or something like that.

After taking the photo, the old lady took me down the bamboo bridge again. I was very grateful, but I was thinking, "Will I ask for money next?!" But the old lady didn't mean it at all. On the contrary, I feel quite proud. At this time, a little girl who was cleaning the courtyard finally plucked up the courage to greet me shyly in English and asked me where I was from. How old are you? At this time, the fishermen who were watching also gathered around and looked at the photos I took curiously. Suddenly, a warm emotion rippled in my heart. There are good people and bad people everywhere, but as long as you are friendly and kind, you will be treated kindly. I always believe in the pure kindness preserved in my heart.

Mui Ne, half sea water, half fire. A strange combination, but not contradictory, so beautiful that it can't be helped. On the left, the sea, on the right, the sand dunes...