Day 49 Viet Jet Airways

Leisurely breakfast at hotel before flight from Bangkok to Da Nang.

Viet Jet have a terrible reputation for being late and a bit like EasyJet… but we are in luck!

All on time and before we know it we are drinking welcome tea in the hotel foyer and being shown to our room.

Welcome platter of lohans and lychees, comfy bed, balcony but only for one and building noise.

So close but no cigar.

We head out to explore, get money and sit by the beach for a drink to watch the world.

We are near our old hotel Halina from last year, in the middle of Da Nang, 5 mins from the beach. Which still looks fabulous.

No dinner after all the rubbish we ate before and on the flight!

Bad bad but soooo good muffin.

Pete also had half a chicken, thankfully before or it would have been confiscated and binned!

You aren’t SUPPOSED to eat your own food!

Day 50 Beach baby

We have a dip in the pool this morning. But its so badly maintained – minus 2 points.

So it’s extra nice to be able to swim in the sea again.

It’s choppy but clean and the sand is like silk.

We find a perfect spot with sunbeds.

We eat in a random Thai whose electric goes when we sit sown. No fuss out come the lamps.

Great dinner – Pete orders enough beef skewers and seafood rice for 2 people.

I have a fairly greasy Banh Xeo – vegetable rice pancakes, lettuce and other veg to rap in rice paper to make dippers.

Day 51 Avocado Coffee

We are taking it easy today. Well even easier.

Manage a coffee in a new wee local Pete found.

Plus brief beach visit. Only remember this as we have a picture!

Evening I get to pick a Vegan restaurant, literally next door.

Amazing tofu poke bowl and fresh lime juice.

Day 52 Cloudy washing day

Weather says it’s going to be rainy for next 4 days!

We drop off washing and head along the beach promenade.

Pete wants to walk to other end, try out his leg.

It’s nicer where we are, we decide. Which is good to know, as I was looking at a hotel further up the beach here.

Nice big sea front bars and meeting point.

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We do pick a lovely bar with a mini dip pool overlooking the rough seas, Escobar!

Bliss. Coffee and cake.

We get back to our end and decide to play cards and have a ginger tea whilst listening to the waves.

Then ooofff, migraine with aura out of nowhere!! I am so tired of this!

Lay in bed. Get washing back.. eventually as they forgot about us.

Night time Pete picks terrible Indian. My fish was sooo soggy and undercooked, even the second time they brought it out.

Early night. Watched Don Jon… terrible.

Day 53 Meeting friends

It’s Saturday!

We hired a moped today and went to An Bang. Our first electric bike. Hard to handle at slow pace.

Pete is a bit wobbly!

The road there isn’t pleasant and nearer An Bang there are sooo many half build HUMONGOUS hotels. Really sad sight.

An Bang is still small and isolated though and not too busy, perfect. I get mugged off by a street seller for a new purse.

But we get a place booked for next week and check out the homestay we had already booked.

After that we head back to meet Petes friend Simon and his family on the beach.

1 drink turns in to 4 or 5. Just as well Pete dropped the bike off early.

It’s our first western meal of pizza – sitting on the beach and drinking beer… still no sun but it is warm!

Nat, Simon’s wife, escaped wisely with the kids.. after we hit pint number 3.

Day 54 Breakfast to zero in 10 seconds

Up and had a great breakfast before being hit by a sledge hammer and feeling sick. Beer.

Back to bed for me.

We manage a walk and the gym later so all is not lost.

We head back for more Vegan.

We dont make the bridge to see the fire and water shiw… again.

Day 55 Massage and Nails

I manage first beach run of late..Pete still out of action.

Every day has been cloudy so we’ve been walking along the beach and then finding an afternoon pursuit.

Today we bumped into Simon and Nat on our walk, promising to catch up again midweek in Hoi An.

We end up stopping for another ridiculous. Coconut coffee and pecan and cranberries brownie.

It’s the drinks that get you fat here!!

Afternoon its a massage for Pete and mani and pedi for me.

We then decide to visit hotels to pick one for when we xome back here in 2 weeks.

Wowser we find some beauties at less than £25 a night. Roof top bars, gym and multiple pools. Oh and free afternoon tea!

We go to Banh Xeo for tea as it’s peeing down and near the hotel.

2 films at night. I am missing a good book!