Skating - Mui Ne Bay - Vietnam - Vietnam                                                                                                                             Return

Mui Ne Bay is about 3 hours from HCM City. It is nice for a weekend outing. The Beach is fine, (but very narrow), people are friendly, but the main attaction for me is the great road for skating.

It is a single two lane blacktop, but it is in good condition. Traffic can be heavy, lots of trucks and busses, but everyone was nice and no one tried to hit us. The road goes next to the beach. Great view, nice road, places to stop and get drinks.

Mostly I recommend skating in the early evening when the sun is just going down. It is cooler then, you can still see the road - look out for the few holes and rough spots.

The other weather condition to look out for is rain. There is lots of rain here, and the problem is with all the traffic there is a good deal of oil on the road. When it rains the roads with the oil and water, are very slick. Stay off until it dry's up. Which once it stops raining will be very quickly.

Except for the heat - and rain, gets top marks, great road, friendly people, fun places to go and see. Excellent!!

Category	Category Description	Graph	Explanation
Road Surface	Describes road surface conditions		The road surfaces was not too bad. Some holes and rough spots, but overall pretty good, staying focused all the time was important.
Road Conditions	Is there enough room for skating on the road? Are intersections crossable?		The roads were pretty busy, but I never had a problem skating. Roads are narrow, very narrow. When we heard a big truck we tried to stay out of the way. But in general traffic always was friendly towards us. Traffic can be HEAVY at times so we had to keep our eyes, and ears, open. There are lots of bicycles, so that is fun, skating with them. There are lots of small motorcycles, that is fun to.
Traffic Conditions	Describes level and condition of traffic. Is the traffic heavy, fast or erratic.		Traffic could be HEAVY, and when it is not it is FAST so we had to keep our eyes, and ears, open. But everyone was friendly and unlike the USA no cars tried to frighten us or make as to hit us. The roads were always busy, but we never had a problem with cars when skating. People would come up on their motorcycles and say HELLO and the like. Many people on the sidewalks would wave, and the few who knew a bit of English would want to chat.
Driver Attitudes	Describes how drivers react to and treat skaters		We were polite skaters, (as always) and everyone was friendly and unlike the USA  and no cars tried to frighten us or make as to hit us. The roads were oten busy, but we never had a problem skating.
Danger Level	Describes overall danger of skating in this location. Everyplace is dangerous to street skate. Street skating means crumbling roads, bad drivers (or worse), air pollution and even nature. But some places are more dangerous than others		Roads could be tough in spots. But most of the roads was in good condition, but there are still cracks and rough areas around.
Criminal Factor	How serious is crime in this location.		It is the countryside, not the city. Did not hear of anything, did not see anything.
Cool Factor	Is this a cool place to skate.		The coolest. Skating by the ocean, nice breeze, friendly people.
Fun Factor	Is this a fun place to skate.		Yes, skating in and out of the traffic, down the long road is fun. Skating in the early evening is really fun.. It was so much fun to pass people and see there surprised expressions. Everyone, even the police were very nice to us.
Sidewalks	Are there sidewalks, and if there are what are they like? Often having sidewalks can be worse than not having them. With a bad sidewalk drivers may assume you should be using it - no matter how dangerous it is to use, and react very badly when they see you on the road instead of the sidewalk.		What is a sidewalk??
Misc	Any other conditions or issues that were found while skating here
Summary	A summarization of the skating experience at this location.		This is a great place, fun road, cool place to skate. I love it here. I have only skated here a few times the one time I was there and I can not wait to go back!!
Desire to Return - Overall Rating	The bottom line. Is the place good enough that we want to return here to skate it more. With all the above taken into consideration how much are we looking forward return and skate this location further.		Return? Love to, looking forward to! The roads were challenging, the people are great, the traffic exciting, friendly and fun. Great places to see and skate.
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