Going by Train From Danang we stopped in Nha Trang (the beach and party location in Vietnam) for one night. And it is exactly what is stated and we were happy to head on the next day.
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Our idea of kite surfing lead us to Phan Rang. Conditions there were supposed to be better than in Mui Ne and a kite school should be located at the Beach. When our bus arrived in Phan Rang the driver announced „Phan Rang city“ looked at us and started laughing. Obviously wondering what two backpacker wanted in this small industrial city. We headed for a small Guesthouse close to the beach (taxi driver kept a generous tipp when we could pay they exact amount).
There really isn’t much to this place, but two sweet landlords, a 6km long beach with a hundreds of tiny round fisher boats, a little cafe with great coffee and hammocks and a old lady preparing great spicy omelet in bread in a mobile kitchen. Oh and a few russian tourists. Unfortunately there was no kite school to be found otherwise we would have loved to stay for a couple more days.
The roads of Danang
The actual reason we stopped in Danang was the Vietnam Special of BBC’s show ‚Top Gear‘. Jeremy, James and the Hamster end up driving motorbikes through Vietnam over what they say one of the most beautiful passes. And this special one is close to Danang and needed of cause also be explored by Tom via a motorbike. Whether it is great for driving is not me to judge but the view over Danang is very nice.
While in the possession of a motorbike we decided to also make a little tour to Hoi An. Stopping at the beach, having fresh but expensive fish while viewing the fisher man and get scammed for fixing a flat tire – but what to do in the middle of nowhere.
Hoi An felt a bit like Pingyao in Vietnamese. A village of beautiful though neglected colonial buildings, touts and many western tourists. If anybody (I just can think of one Danish manager.) needs to learn to say ’no‘ the touts here definitely will teach you this lesson or you will end up bank robed.
In Danang we learned about a typical dish if this region. Roasted chicken with rice. The tiny street restaurant we went to did such a good job that we had dinner there twice.