Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Nothing in Mui Ne, Vietnam
Mui Ne is a small beach town on a wide stretch of white sand facing the Pacific Ocean. In the morning, the sun is warm and the wind is calm and we hang out at the beach. In the afternoon, the sun gets uber hot and the wind picks up tossing sand on the pages of our books. 
Some of Mui Ne’s beachgoers, however, relish the typically windy afternoons. Sporty, sun-kissed surfer-types slip into wetsuits, hook up their bodies to parachutes, and head into the high waves for an adrenalin-pumped version of kite sailing.
But we’re not up for this thrill. Instead, each afternoon, we head for shade when it gets too hot and windy and lounge inside our beachside bungalow watching dribble on CNN and bad made-for-TV movies on HBO.
