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We left Saigon for Phan Thiet on Monday afternoon. The drive was roughly four hours, taking Quoc Lo 1. We stayed in a pretty nice resort (I’ll get the name later). Compared to Blue Lagoon in Phu Quoc, it’s older but it has live entertainment nightly. I got a feel of Cancun here, though nowhere nearly as nice. The beach at this resort is less than desirable in terms of cleanliness in the morning, but by noon workers have removed the majority of trash in the ocean — not a simple task.

We stopped at a seaside restaurant called Cay Bang, which I highly recommend. We had Cua Huynh De and some huge snails (I’ll try to get this name later) whose pearls, which are rarely found, can worth up to several hundred thousand dollars, as explained by the owner of Cay Bang. At this restaurant, I also tried fire bananas, which are simply delicious.

One place of significance was a small temple of Ong Dia, naturally formed from a rock off the ocean shore. We were told that one lady won a big lottery by praying to this statue, so she created a small temple for Ong Dia as a token of thanks.

It’s also in Phan Thiet that I tasted the best Banh Beo in all of Vietnam. The sauce that they make for this Banh Beo is simply delicious and only found in Phan Thiet.