Mui Ne, Vietnam

A few hours northeast of Saigon sits Mui Ne, a coastal retreat from the chaos of the big city. While fishing traditionally sustained the sequence of villages, wedged between desert to the west and the sea to the east, tourism now supports a large portion of the population. Though it is no surprise that tourism caught on, the sights and sounds of the area attract visitors from all over the region, with an additional draw from Russia (russian menus and signs everywhere, oddly enough).Read more