We were sad to leave the beautiful beaches of Nha Trang and Hoi An, but eager to continue traveling south to visit "the Sahara of Vietnam" (at least, according to Lonely Planet). We took our penultimate bus ride to the home of fish sauce, Mui Ne, and cozied up at a guesthouse a few feet from the beach.After settling into our new accommodations, we rented a motorbike and hit the open road. We passed by little fish drying in the sun and dozens of fishing boats, as we headed out to the red sand dunes.
We knew we had arrived, when we were greeted by a large group of kids jumping up and down and waving blue plastic sleds at us. We ditched the bike and were joined by an old Vietnamese woman, who helped us up the burning sands of the dunes. We never learned her name, but she was THE sweetest in the whole world.
She went back to help Morgan up the dunes and lent him her very small sandals,
coated our sleds to make them slide faster, before pushing us down the dunes,
and was eager to take lots of scenic photos of us.
Drenched in sweat and with red hot feet, we got back on the bike and went for a long loop around town. We stopped a few times along the way, once to check out this gem (which is straight out of roadside America) 
and to drink our new favorite thirst quencher-- sugar cane juice.
Slightly citrusy and sweet, it tastes like un-carbonated Joy Juice or Mello Yellow, and is delightfully refreshing.
We only spent a few days in Mui Ne, as we were eager to get to Saigon, for the last leg of our Vietnamese adventures.
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