Da Nang

Our flight to da nang arrived after the sun had already set so my first experience of the city was at night. Da nang at night is so lively and vibrant, there're lights everywhere and huge hotels lining the coast with restaurants and bars everywhere, dad said it was pretty similar to the gold coast.

On our first day i woke up and was surprised to find that there was actually pretty decent surf! It was like shoulder high, consistent and alright shape for the most part. I didnt go out coz it was a bit fat and i didnt wanna get a chafe and sunburn from surfing in boardies. Our first activity was going to see the lady buddha statue at the end of the bay. The best thing about lady buddha was the monkeys that were sitting around checking each other for nits, they looked so chill it was awesome. In the evening we enjoyed some beers on our balcony and then went to a kinda fancy restaurant for dinner. The food was mostly really nice except for the coconut prawns that dad ordered with turned out to be just four unpeeled prawns sitting with their heads in a coconut, it was the most expensive thing we got... After dinner we went for a stroll along the beach and discovered a massage place / bar on the sand! This was exactly what i felt like to round off the day, we all got some beers and had a massage it was amazing :) (my first good massage of the entire year!!!).

The next day we went to an awesome vegan breakfast place for some porridge and power bowls. We ended up ordering heaps coz Mum and i were going to split a porridge so i asked for "another bowl" and they brought out a whole extra power bowl lol. Dad was so full after breaky he crashed at home while mum and i went for a walk along the river. On our way back we stopped for some banh mi which was sooo good, either the best of the trip or equal with the street ones in hanoi, still not as good as friendship tho. For dinner we went to the night markets which i absolutely loved. We roamed around trying a bunch of things including takoyaki, pancakes, some crispy prawn bowl things, dumplings and a squid on a stick. We also got some barbecued crayfish which we put in banh mi buns to eat which was heavenly. I absolutely loved the night markets, its was so hectic and hot but everything tasted so good and it was just the best energy. Best markets ive been to ever! Even better than the singapore ones! Afterwards we went to a bar and watched the dragon bridge breathe fire and spray out water, it was sick.Read more