Viva Da Nang*

Da Nang Vietnam 6 Dec 2010

Bananous (ajt) to be  filled with Bananous eg "We are utterly Bananous."

Bananous )(Nn) Extremely calorific and delicious Donut found in Da Nang.

Da Nang - 3rd largest City in Vietnam, landing base for Americans during the Vietnam War. Main Port of Vietnam. Home of the famous China Beach (featured in the ABC TV Series of the same name) it was the last place Americans demobbed from in 1972.

We are here as a base to visit the imperial City of Hue, the old town of Hoi An and the Chamh ruins at My Son. So far though we just had dinner down by the River and aforementioned Donuts. The River is beautiful at night (a bit brown & grubby during the day). We are near to the Song Han Bridge, a suspension Bridge lit up at night. In the middle of the night, traffic is stopped from crossing the  and it swings on its axis to allow shipping traffic to pass along the river. It's really something.

More to report tomorrow after we've done some exploring. It looks like a really cool place so far.

*Viva Da Nang was sung by Robin Williams in one of his ad libs as DJ Adrian Kroneur in Good Morning Vietnam. It's been going around in my head intermittently since I've been here.