Quy Nhon Hotel

I have stayed here on numerous occasions, and I can highly recommend it. The whole 'khach san' - Tieng Viet for 'hotel' - has been recently refurbished and a great job has been done: the hotel represents superb value: a great breakfast is included, the staff at Le Tan reception desk are just wonderful and can't do enough to help. I used Quy Nhon as an exploration base to the Central Highlands for a long time, and the staff got to know my needs, and without them, I would not have managed to find the places I was looking for as the driver they set me up with spoke no English, I spoke no Vietnamese, but all I did was give a hand-drawn map to the wonderful staff at Reception, and I never had a problem. I went with Mr Bao for many years, and we because very good friends, even though we could not actually talk to each other in a common language: but then, good mates don't require a lot of words, just feelings is a universal language. For many years, I had that city to almost myself, as it was extremely rare to see a foreigner, which suited me perfectly, as I travel alone and like to be in a completely Vietnamese world. I see things many others never get to see because I am so closely related to the Vietnamese families I know there, but of late, I am beginning to see the beginning of the end of my solitude: the hordes from Nha Trang and Da Nang are moving towards the true Central Viet Nam, and alas, it is a sad thing to see. Of course, I am as guilty as anyone else in trying to find a place where I can be among Vietnamese completely, but I do my best to blend in. I have blended in so well evidently that one Vietnamese family has 'adopted' me, as I am old and their wonderful tradition is such that they take care of the elderly, so I am 'bac Kim', or 'Uncle Kim'. Kim is a rather common name in Viet Nam, so I use that for their comfort. I, on the other hand, do my best to blunder trying to pronounce their names correctly....but they don't mind: we are mates!!