Welcome to DaNang 2

DAY THREE:

Bernard was sick. My tummy was hurting mighty fierce, but I was kind of used to it at this point so that’s nothing new. But Bernard was quite sick! Damn the food here! It wasn’t really agreeing with either of us. We had a lowkey day and enjoyed some reading and fresh fruit juice.

DAY FOUR:

I booked a cooking class in another town because we had a coupon so we got up early and did that. Bernard was feeling pretty rough on this day, but he was a hero and got through the class. The cooking class was okay but not as good as the one we did in Thailand which was a blast! My point of contention with the class was mostly the fact that they wouldn’t take my coupon! Also the class was cut short because it was a holiday. I kind of flipped out at the poor woman at the counter when we had to pay. Our guide for the class had peaced out at this point and I was enraged at the lack of service. Maybe I was foolish to compare it to any of the perfect hospitality we got in Cambodia… this is the problem with traveling so much… you cannot help but compare!

The food was really nice that we made though and we did enjoy it on a beautiful patio. And at the end of the day, we had enough money to pay for it so I really should have stopped bitching. Stupid place.

We decided not to explore the town and just went back to the beach in DaNang. We enjoyed the beach as we cautiously explored for food that wouldn’t kill us. We went back to the Banh mi place we had gone to the day before because the lady was so kind. She didn’t have enough buns to make Banh mi but she made us this really lovely noodle dish for like no money! Mmmmm street noodles! I think it was like 20,000 VND, which will give you a good comparison to other food prices. Better than LAME Vien!

Then to our pleasant surprise, the noodle place lady gave us a mango!! That was pretty cool! I got a kick out of the woman at the hotel looking for a knife so I could cut the mango. She wouldn’t let me take the knife to the room (understandable… I could have been a serial killer), so I sat and cut the mango in the lobby while she watched me laughing. HAH! That was a cute little experience.

Then we picked up some light snacks and watched Jurassic Park 2 in our room and nursed our sensitive and tender tummies.

Bernard as a Top Chef!

The next day, we had to get up at stupid o’clock (like, 3am) to catch our stupid early flight back to Shanghai… but at this point, we were very glad to be heading back to reality where things were a little dumb but at least we knew that. All in all, a great and eye-opening vacation. You really can’t complain when you’re on a vacation that lets you explore three different countries. #blessed

And that's our story of Chinese New Year Holiday! Yes! I did it. I successfully wrote about it only a little while after it happened, unlike last year. Ugh! Sorry folks. 

Yours,

Sarah the traveling Wun