Saigon Backpackers
November 11th, 2007 | 
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Mui Ne - Vientmams Kitesurfing Hotspot
Kitesurfing in Vietnam - Mui Ne Spot Guide by KSB Kitesurf Barcelona - Kitesurfing Barcelona
KSB organised a visit to Mui Ne. Here a small Spot overview.
When to go?
Best season from December to March but November to end of April is good.
Mui Ne is tiny town 240km north east of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh Town). It takes about 5 hours to get there by bus. Most accommodation and restaurants are on the main beach, about 5km out of the town. Nightlife is cool as there are plenty of bars and discos without delay on the beach and the atmosphere is casual laid back. The people in Mui Ne are a mix of backpackers and kite surfers, although resorts with generally Russian tourists can be found near the start of the beach.
In Mui Ne there are many spots that can be simply reached by taxi, motorbike or maybe kiting up and downwind. Here are our favorite spots that are a must see if you are kiting in Mui Ne:
Mui Ne main beach (Rang Beach) :
The wind blows typically cross shore and is quite gusty close to the beach because it passes first over the Mui Ne Cape. That is the reason why the conditions are best if the wind turns more onshore. There is also a big shore break that makes entering and water start quite troublesome for for newbies. At high season it may also get crowded near to the main launching areas as as an example Wax beach club, where compressors for pumping up the kite are available. The main advantage of this spot is it's in front of the beach side accommodations and there is always good crowd to hang out with.
Mui Ne Village:
After a 5min ride, just before getting into the hamlet you can obtain access to the beach from the road. There are not many people kiting here. Water is clean and flat, but the beach is sort of tiny and the wind is affected from stumbling blocks of Mui ne Town. There are some points with very little wind like on the beach itself. Only few meters into the water the wind gets stronger. This is an absolute flat water spot excellent for free style. I had one of my best sessions on that spot but keep an eye out for glass and other harmful stuff on the beach and your belongings as it is almost in the hamlet.
Malibu Beach (Hon Rom Beach) :
Malibu beach at Malibu beach resort is on the other side of the Mui Ne Headland. By taxi it's about 15min and $6 to get there. The wind here is not so gusty, as it comes straight from the sea and is generally also much stronger than those on the primary beach. There are good waves and I really loved the onshore wind as you can just park the kite overhead and ride on the wave in both directions as there is no pull to one direction or the other. It was the most like surfing where all of the force is in the same direction as the wave. Only if the wind gets really powerful (above 30kn) the wave begin to break to early what makes the wave riding on that spot almost impossible.
Turtle Island (Suoi Nuoc) :
It is the most distant spot from Mui Ne. A relaxed motorbike ride will take you about only 40 min for you to get there. After passing the red dunes you just have to follow the primary street until you see the tiny island. It's the 2nd bay after the Mui Ne cape and the ride is certainly worthwhile. There are white dunes that have to be crossed while walking to access the spot. The launching area is good and the beach is surprisingly clean. It is a gorgeous place. Behind the island there is flat water but also virtually no wind. Unfortunately, the flat water area is reduced to about 30 meters. There is a terribly robust current that makes it quite difficult to stay upwind. With a gang this spot would be appalling for amateurs, but customarily there are only few kites there anyway.
Look out for the fishing nets a little more downwind and downstream because one guy got tangled when we were kiting there. He was fortunate as he could cut himself freed from the net with his line-cutter.
Report by KSB Kitesurf Barcelona. We are Barcelona's 1st class Kitesurfing Center , Barcelona's Kitsurfing Hotspot: Kitesufing School
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Saigon's backpacker district by night
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A backpack fitted with pocket(s) that are suspended on the wearer"s front side (chest) and loaded in such a way that the load in the front and the load in the back are about equal is called a bodypack. The majority of the load on a bodypack is carried by the hips.
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