Going to the Middle

After some rest days in Hanoi, I took the plane down to Da Nang.
The plane?? Are you really budget traveling Kayley??
Yes, I am, the plane was a mere 30chf, while sleeper buses down would have ended up costing me 45chf plus a lot of nerves.

So I took the plane down to Da Nang (after my flight of Vietjet got delayed two times and I asked the ticket counter guy if I can have a different flight and he gave me an earlier flight for free) and met up with Vanessa.
Vanessa, the daughter of the best friend of my father, became a good friend of mine after I spent time with her and the rest of the family in Hong Kong. So she asked me if she could join the backpacking trip after my tour through the northern mountains.

So we met up and enjoyed Da Nang together.
Da Nang truly is an Expat Town, with lots od westerner restaurants, lots of white people and tourist attractions.
We couldn't leave this out, so we went to Ba Nah Hills, which felt like the smaller, asian version of Europapark. There were no rollercoasters, but they did basically build a castle on top of a mountain.

After Da Nang, we took a car down to Hoi An, where Vanessa could get tailor made clothes. I was thinking about it, but after consideration, I felt it didn't make sense to me as I wear loose clothing anyway and those don't need to be tailor made. But Vanessa was very happy with her selection.
We also took bicycles around the rice fields, but unfortunately, it was burning time, so instead of greenery, we were met with fire and smoke. Was still nice though.

After a few days of Hoi An, we went further down to Quy Nhon, a fishing town. What we did not expect was the absolute heat and humidity there. I knew down south was going to be hot, but with a real feel of 43 degrees celsius, we had to flee to airconditioned cafes while we watched the seasoned vietnamese uncles sitting outside and sipping their iced green tea.
Honestly, we did not manage to explore Quy Nhon too much, since with this heat, it would have not been enjoyable. How will we manage Ho Chi Minh? We will find out later.

But we still enjoyed our time together, even eating in a korean bbq place with amazing meat (haha), for merely 450'000 dong (15chf) for two people.

The second day, we took a sleeper bus up to Da Lat, successfully fleeing the heat for good.

Wow!Okumaya devam et