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.