Crazy Kim's in Nha Trang

During the entire 13 hour drive from Saigon to Nha Trang the sun was beaming down on Vietnam. Our first sunny day in over a week. When the bus stopped for lunch in a quaint beach town, we ate over-looking the water then relaxed with a beer under a palapa. The bus schedule only allowed 10 minutes to soak up the sun and scenery. Turns out we are only half way to Nha Trang, a beach city.

Nha Trang is nearly as noisy, and definitely as bustling, as Hanoi. Unfortunately for us, the only full day we spent in Nha Trang was a full day of rain. That left a few options, we chose to enjoy the food, have a drink, and go to a spa. The bus did some other tourist run, which we chose to skip.

Tony & I happened upon Crazy Kim's bar. A bar that promotes non-pedophilia. Here check it out for yourself:

Crazy Kim's holds classes at the bar during the day to mainly teach English, bar, spa and computer skills to the children of Nha Trang. Fundamentally the cause is good, but the promotion against pedophilia is done in an odd fashion. As the menu begins with it's heart wrenching story then also offers Blow Jobs for 60K Dong (that's less than $2). Yes, yes, it is a drink they are offering. Although in all my bar attendance (trust me I'm an Honor Student when it comes to attendance at bars around the globe) I have never seen a drink menu with a Blow Job nor a Pink Pussy nor any of these shots... maybe the Baby Guiness...

They even have Spa Packages:

Tony & I chose to enjoy a drink, no shots thank you. While sipping in the drink and environment, we met a couple of new friends. Cute kids selling stuff to us (when I say "cute" I don't mean... oh never mind). I bought a book, The Girl in the Picture, the Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War. A great book to read before arriving to Vietnam. It turned out that the book I purchased was a copy, which made it inexpensive and slightly off. The pages are thinner, the text is gray instead of black, and sometimes the text slants on a page. The book cover looks like the real published book, except the Penguin Putnam logo is skewed. I had no idea it was copy until I was back on the bus heading to Dalat...