Experience Mui Ne's Beauty

The clinic component of our mission will start in a few days. We will work for close to 20 straight days, with a possible rare day off.  It would be very difficult to experience much of the natural beauty of Vietnam during that time so we decided to use the first few days to tour a few different areas of the country. Our first stop was in Mui Ne. It is a sun splashed, resort town that contains the largest naturally occurring sand dunes in Vietnam. During certain seasons, this area is affected by typhoons, and the natural shape of the coast line provides the ideal situation for the powerful winds to create this spectacular site. Upon arrival 20 local children of all ages surrounded us, offering the use of their homemade sleds. As far as the eye can see, "pink" sand is mountainous with steep slopes that our new young tour guides were eager to teach us how to conquer. Sand filed crevices later, our team seemed to enjoy this new experience.