We’ve been doing our best to keep in shape while on the road, and our running shoes, yoga mats, and Aqua Bells have helped immensely with that. But sometimes nothing beats a good gym workout.
During our last trip to Nha Trang, back in December 2007, Kenny and I stumbled upon Crazy Kim’s Gym. Almost two weeks into our Vietnam/Cambodia tour without a single workout, Crazy Kim’s was a godsend.
With five nights in Nha Trang this time around, we opted for the three-visit punch card at Crazy Kim’s. At 150,000 VND (~$8), it’s a fantastic deal. The gym itself is small, but it has everything we need: a few treadmills, bicycles, various free weights, and a few weight machines. There are even aerobics and belly dancing classes a few days a week. We joined for an aerobics class this afternoon, and it was quite a workout! The instructor didn’t speak much English, but she used helpful claps to let us know when to switch exercises, and we did our best to follow along.
It turns out that the owner of Crazy Kim’s Gym (as well as the restaurant, bar and spa of the same name), Kimmy Le, is a Canadian-Vietnamese woman who donates a portion of her profits to combat pedophilia here in southern Vietnam. So when we work out at Crazy Kim’s, we not only burn calories, we burn them for a cause.
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