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Taxi
At the airport in HCMC you can get a taxi to Mui Ne for $80-90 ( 4
hours). This is the quickest way to get to Mui Ne, and you
should have no problem loading all your kiteing gear into the cab, and
will also bring you straight to your hotel in Nui
Ne.
Bus
(Air-con)
Alternatively a taxi to Pham
Ngu Lao
(cheap traveler accommodation in HCMC center),
normally costs about $10 and from there you can
easily arrange buses to Mui Ne. Most travel operators will sell bus
tickets to Mui Ne for $6 and busses depart 8 am, and 8 pm.
Usually take 3-4 hours to arrive
Sinh Café and Hanh Café both have daily bus
services to/from HCMC. Tam Han have a 1.30 p.m service also.
Prices quoted are for sleeper busses, sitting should be marginally cheaper.
From Nha Trang busses depart between 7.30 am and
8 am and normally take 5 hours.
(These can be book with most of the high street travel agents, but as
with HCMC you may be better to book with the bus company direct. (Sinh
Café, Hanh Café and Tam Hanh).
This is the most
popular way to travel to Mui Ne, there is storage for your kite
equipment under the bus (make sure you have it packed well). It is not
unusual for the bus company to try to charge extra for very large
luggage (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't), but if your feeling
up to it you can try to charm your way in to a discount.
If arriving in
the day time to Mui Ne, the bus will usually drop you off at its office
centrally located. From there you can jump on the back of a motor bike
taxi or flag down a car taxi both will happily take you to a
hotel
of your choosing or a hotel of their own
choosing. If you have taken the later night bus to Mui Ne then the bus
will drop you off outside your hotel (you must inform the driver or the
drivers friend of your hotel name, better to talk with them prior to
setting off on the journey).
Train
(Air-con)
Trains depart from the Saigon Train Station at both 6:45am and 7:30am
during the week, and 5:30pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; arriving in
Phan Thiet in just under 5hrs. The price for an air-con seat is
usually around $6-$7, there is a small restaurant carriage, and toilet
facilities are available (if your feeling adventurous).
Trains usually depart from Phan Thiet at 1:40pm during the week, and
11:25pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; arriving in Saigon about 5 hours
later.
Bare in mind, if
traveling by train you will have to get a taxi to the train station in
HCMC ($5 from
Pham Ngu Lao), and then pay a taxi again to
get from Phan Thiet to your hotel inMui Ne. ($6-8$).
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