Da Nang Vietnam 7 Nov 2010
GPS is great, GPS on iPhone with Google Maps is awesome for exploring Cities but it doesn't give you the whole story.
We went for one of our epic 4 hour walks around Da Nang today. We walked from our Hotel in the central City across the Han Bridge all the way across the Peninsula to China Beach, walked a couple of K's along the beach and then, according to our GPS we cut back across to pick up another bridge back to the City. When we got to the bridge we realised it was a traffic bridge with no walkway! Having already walked about 7Km by this point we didn't really feel like walking all the way back to the Han Bridge so after humming & hahing for a while we just decided to do what everyone else does with the roads here, if you want to get somewhere, just do it. So we stuck the attitude on and walked all the way across the bridge in the face of the traffic just daring them all to avoid us. And it worked! We were mighty relieved to get to the other side but we laughed our heads off when we did and I'm pretty sure it' will be one of those moments you remember for years after the holiday is finished.
K still shellshocked after crossing the bridge. It's long!
China Beach was a bit of a Ghost Town in this season, like a big abandoned building site. It's a beautiful big white stretch of beach though.
Winter - China Beach
We didn't see anything else much of note but walking is a great way to see how the locals live. The bridge home came out in the Port District & we walked through all the local bars and shops on the way back to the centre of town. Life is lived much more out in the open here and every building has a shop of some kind at the front. People cooking up stuff all over the pavement and gathering in street front bars and cafes.
Han Market - Da Nang
We are going to the Cham Museum tomorrow and then Harry Potter at the local Megaplex for a bit of R&R. Thursday we are off to Hoi An for a couple of nights.
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