Bamboo Green Da Nang

Final Blog: Weeks 35-38 – 2-30 November 2009

Well, the time has come to return home. In fact, by the time you read this, we will probably already be home. We arrive back in Melbourne at 9.30 am on Tuesday 1st December.

Who would have thought Hoi An could be cold? After all the extreme heat and humidity we experienced earlier...

Hoa's, China beach. The beach in Vietnam which I would hope I would stay. China Beach is an old R' n R' hangout for US soldiers during the Nam war.

We attempt to get there on our own, however after catching a local bus(negotiatiated a good rate) we miss the turn-off, as it goes the mad guy on the back of the bus does not understand where...

So we said good bye to our easy riders in Dalat and jumped on our first sleeper bus up to Hoi An. On the sleeper buses you get a fairly confortable looking bed, but getting confortable on it is a different story! It would be cool if you could dangle your feet off the end of the "bed" but you have to slide them into metal incasing like a bucket a...

We left Hue at 0800 to catch a bus to Hoi An, luckily it is on a 3 hour journey so there is no need to get a over night bus. We are traveling with the American couple Natalie and Charles who we did the DMZ tour with.
Arriving into Hoi An 1200 after the bus drivers takes you around to all of his friends hotels where they are trying to get you...

Once arrived at the airport and reunited with Miriam and Nathan who had disappeared off for breakfast to meet up with a friend from home we set about getting on our flight which for a seemingly simple idea turned into a rather complicated and stressful 30 minutes. You see we were already late and then Jet Star’s computer system decide...

Our sleeper bus arrives in Hoi An at 6 (am) and we lurch off to find a guesthouse. Luckily we find one soonish (thanks to some enterprising Xe Om drivers) and have a shower. The sleeper bus was fine to be honest, comfy enough but had no where near enough space for me to sleep properly - leading to be crouching up in some weird yoga pose for the ...

Stayed at Minh Anh Hotel at 17, Pham Phu Thu Str. Hai Chau Dist, Danang City - Phone 0511 3843334 and the room was probably the worst we stayed in so far. It was very musty smelling. I am not sure if the staff was in on scamming us here or not. It just seemed very peculiar that the lady asked so many questions about our bus ticket and that short...

DANANGKIDS CLUB - FREE VOLUNTEER TOUR GUIDE , a non- profit organization , was started with the goal of helping international visitors experience Vietnamese culture and local customs.

DANANGKIDS CLUB offers international visitors a free guided tour in and around Danang City ( such as Cham Museum and Marble Mountain ) and Hoi An Old Town.<...