Our first “beach week” still wasn’t exactly that what we imagined but it was OK in general. From Mui Ne we drove about 120km to the Ho Coc Beach, with a stopover during the day at the Tacu mountain, where a giant 49m long and 11m high sleeping buddha statue makes the main sight.
In Ho Coc we were a little bit disappointed. The beaches were nice and not crowded at all, but the sleeping possibilities were very limited. The only option we could afford was a bungalow park that was mainly in reconstruction with some work going on during the day. Really not as nice as expected. Additionally the weather was not the best, most of the day it was clouded and windy. Nevertheless we didn’t let that spoil our mood, so we just went with our bikes some kilometers to another awesome beach and enjoyed the loneliness and the churning ocean with it’s awesome waves. We stayed two nights in this resort and on the third day, when we left Ho Coc, the sun was back with all the power, too. The coastal road winding along this stretch of the coast is empty and simply beautiful as the beaches and forests around there are also. But once again, the question is how long it will be like that. Just 10km north of Ho Coc, at the Ho Tram beach for example, there’s a huge building project in progress, bringing six or seven new enormous upmarket resorts to this still undeveloped area. When ready, this resorts will make up the “Ho Tram Strip”. Really, Vietnam is developing in every corner and people who want to see a Vietnam before mass tourism should hurry up… in ten years this country will look totally different.
In the early afternoon we arrived in Long Hai, a small town with a premier location in a bay and a great beach. Even if there was not so much going on, we stayed for three nights and finally enjoyed our beach holiday there.
Vung Tau was the next stop for another three nights. The city is pretty cool situated on a peninsular stretching into the South China Sea for a couple of kilometers, with two 
mountains at the peninsulars end. Atop the smaller mountain a giant 32m high jesus awaits the South Chinese Sea with arms wide outstretched. That reminds not just a little bit of Rio de Janeiro. Also this Jesus is just 2m smaller then it’s famous rolemodel. Beside that, Vung Tau is a commercialised beach resort city that receives a lot of visitors from HCMC at the weekend. During the week (when we were there) the city is much more quiet and pleasant, a little bit away from the seashore (for example in the city centre) you don’t even feel that this ususally is a very touristy place and it becomes even very enjoyable. We tried to figure out a way to get by boat to the Mekong Delta somehow, but it was just not possible to get there without getting into Saigon first. 
Usually we planned to explore the Mekong Delta for some days before going to HCMC, but getting through this eight million inhabitant giant is just a pain in the ass. We slowly got used to the thought that the way from Vung Tau to Saigon (110km) unfortunately would be our last stage of our motorcycle journey through this unique and great country…