Wednesday, May 31st, 2017Contact Kate | Archive | Disclaimer | Work With Kate | News Feed CommentsThe Solo Female Travel Blog33“Do the Nha Trang boat trip. Do the Nha Trang boat trip!!”There’s something that I’ve learned in my months on the Southeast Asia Backpacker Trail — if several people fervently tell you that you have to do an activity, you do it. No questions.So as soon as we rolled into Nha Trang, Vietnam’s most popular beach resort town, I knew that the boat trip would be part of our itinerary. But I had no idea how bizarre it would turn out to be!The boat trip usually costs about $5. Because it was Tet, the peak vacation time for the Vietnamese, the price rose to $9. But considering that the trip included visits to three islands plus lunch, it was still a good deal.Are these trips popular? God, are they ever. There were literally dozens of boats making the same trip as us that day! There were backpackers, but also Vietnamese families and tourists from other Asian countries.
