White Snow Hotel (Tuyet Trang) Da Nang

... much like all the others, but the vendors were not as open to making a deal. We just looked around for awhile and went back to the hotel. There they had free WiFi so we could retrieve our email. The country is really pretty and green, and we heard that the famous China Beach is beautiful. There were many remnants of what appeared to be U.S. barracks and other military buildings. Later.

... been so bad in Hue and on the way as we passed Da nang the sea was rough and a disgusting brown colour that we didnt have great expectations for Cua Dai beach. After 20 minutes we arrived, its only 5km out of town. The beach way exceeded our expectations, which was nice as things usual dont. It was sandy, long and full of palm trees. The sea was clean, not amazingly clear but had good waves, so we all got changed and headed in to do some body
surfing, it was so nice to be cooling of ...

... over their work as they are. When you have something stuck in your head its difficult to be persuaded that anything else could work quite as well as your idea! So we started cycling. The shoe lady drove her bike which I really began to regret not taking her up on her offer of sitting on the back of but instead decided to join the other two on their bikes. Mistake no 1. We headed off in the dark across Hoi An to places where whities probably have never been and probably never will again! We ...

... with us, we booked into Red Bridge cooking school. This starts with a lovely drink at Hai Café, followed by a fascinating walk through the market, with our guide explaining everything to us. Then we boarded the Red Bridge boat and went along the river for about twenty minutes to the delightful restaurant. After a walk around their herb garden, we all made a range of courses, which we then ate. We stayed on in their pool for another 2-3 hours, which was very pleasant ...

... interesting woman named Lisa Chaffey and three of her friends. Lisa has spent her life in a wheelchair and lectures in Occupational Therapy at Deakin University, Geelong. One of her students had seen the workshop some time back and told Lisa she had to go. A couple of weeks before her visit, Mary realized we had very poor access for disabled people, somewhat of an anomaly considering the workshop is for disabled people. Anyway, there was insufficient time to organize anything and ...

... the Forbidden Purple City, then a three hour train ride to Danang and an hour on a crazy bus to get to Hoi An. I needed the relaxation of the beach, which had all the makings of a relaxing afternoon - little bit of sun, a lot of sand and comfy lounge chairs under large straw umbrellas.

The bus ride here was crazy, as I said. Traffic in Vietnam generally makes you want to cower. It's frightful! I think I've seen my fair share ...

... It gets better. These cots were the top bunk cots to a Vietnamese family that was below us. While they had a spread of chicken drumsticks, spring rolls, and what we had to assume was alcohol -- based on later behavior -- we dangled our feet from above.

At some point we decided to check out the views and sit in the hallway of the train car on tiny stools (i.e ...

Today was the mini bus ride down from the central highlands to Da Nang on the coast. This mini bus was full with one 'family' women and children, me and one other guy.

There was some discussion at the beginning on where everyone sat. I was in the foreigner seat, behind the driver. It’s where they usually put me maybe it’ ...

... meds, and some family visited. The problem seemed to be that a bug was messing up with my digestive system, like some sort of flu. The fruits and vegetables aren't washed properly, and the oil they use to cook food contain something that I don't react well to. I'm also missing a lot of vitamins that I usually get from fruits and vegetables, so they wanted to hook me up to ...

... beaucoup comme ca. Le problème dans l'histoire, c'est que l'on doit rester a l'hotel en attendant leur appel. On aimerait mieux visiter et découvrir du pays, disons....... Ca doit etre notre mentalité occidentale de tout vouloir controler, etre a temps, tel que prévu. Il faut s'ajuster au rythme du pays, j'imagine. On espere que ca va rentrer dans l'ordre rapidement, sinon on va devoir allonger notre voyage au pays. La phrase clé ici ...