Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Vinpearl Land

This morning we decided to spend some time on one of the many islands off the coast of Nha Trang. Thao had heard of Vinpearl Land and it was recommended to us by the hotel concierge so we went.
For around $19 we took a tram over the ocean (apparently the world's longest transocean tram) to the island. Vinpearl Land is an amusement park. http://www.vinpearlland.com/default.aspx?lang=en-GB We walked around taking pictures of the campy statues and then went to the aquarium. The aquarium was actually very good. It had one of those underwater tunnels (complete with moving walkway - I've never felt like luggage so much in my life). The tanks were big and the animals all looked happy (except for one dead frog which was being eaten by a lizard or something - the frog was thrown in dead as food).
There was also an indoor area with a 4D ride (one of those rides where the seats move, the screen is in 3D, and they spray water and air on you). It was pretty good. We also had a very good time on the bumper cars (followed by ice cream).
It's lunch time now (can you tell we have free internet at our hotel?) and we're off to grab some food. I think this afternoon is going to consist of either pool or beach time.
Tomorrow afternoon we fly back to Ho Chi Minh City but think we're going to spend the morning visit a temple not far from here. Until later...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ice cream, was there corndogs and cotton candy too? how about one of those big swirly lolipops?