Going south
After staying two nights in Hue, we felt it was time to move on. Hue is a nice city, but there are more cities to see and so "little" time ;) Next stop on our journey was the city of Da Nang. Rather large city, about 1 milj, it's located on the coast of the South China Sea, right where the Han River meets the ocean. This is also the place where american soldiers first landed in the vietnam war.
When we first woke up, still in Hue, we could hear the rain pouring down. It rained so heavily, that for a minute there, we thought we were back in Sweden ;) Maybe not, but it was crazy. Luckily, by the time we got ourselves ready to leave the hotel, it had stopped. We went to a bar for some breakfast and then took the bus from the booking office. The bus ride was ok. No sleeping bus this time, wasn't any need for that, since the bus ride only took 3 hours. We got to Da Nang by 11, wandered around for a while looking for a cheap hotel. Found one for $13 / day, nice price. After we got rid of the backpacks and freshened up a bit, we decided to visit the only big tourist thing to visit here in Da Nang city, the museum of Cham Sculpture.
This museum was founded in 1915 and it, as the name suggests contains lots of sculptures from the old kingdom of Champa. It's really weird to walk in to a museum to see some art and craftsmanship of a kingdom or people you never really heard of. That's just what we did. But it was nice anyway, we learned a few things, such as the empire existed from the 3rd century AD until 1800-something. They had buddism as one of their religions but also a lot of hinduism. Most of the sculptures are Hindu gods. There is a big site not far from Da Nang called Mÿ Son, where the Chams raised a lot of temples and sculptures. It's supposed to be like a way smaller version of Angkor Wat. We won't go there quite yet, but at some point, we will. Well anyway, the musuem would probably be way better if you knew anything about the Chams or the religion and gods, but we had a good time.
Chris with some Cham sculptures.
Maybe the sculptures looked a bit too real for Marcus...
After that, we went for a walk in Da Nang, just checking the city out. Seems alright. But we're not gonna stay. No no, we're leaving tomorrow for Hoi An. A smaller city about an hour away from here. There are lots of cultural stuff to see and if the party gods are with us, we'll meet up with Trent & Nick, who should be there right now. We'll probably stay there for a few days. Since it's supposed to rain anyway, we'll do some sightseeing in the days, and party in the nights! Hoi An style! Not sure what that means yet, but we'll come up with something. Time to sleep now. Goodnight!
Lots of palmtrees by the riverside in Da Nang.
/ C&M
When we first woke up, still in Hue, we could hear the rain pouring down. It rained so heavily, that for a minute there, we thought we were back in Sweden ;) Maybe not, but it was crazy. Luckily, by the time we got ourselves ready to leave the hotel, it had stopped. We went to a bar for some breakfast and then took the bus from the booking office. The bus ride was ok. No sleeping bus this time, wasn't any need for that, since the bus ride only took 3 hours. We got to Da Nang by 11, wandered around for a while looking for a cheap hotel. Found one for $13 / day, nice price. After we got rid of the backpacks and freshened up a bit, we decided to visit the only big tourist thing to visit here in Da Nang city, the museum of Cham Sculpture.
This museum was founded in 1915 and it, as the name suggests contains lots of sculptures from the old kingdom of Champa. It's really weird to walk in to a museum to see some art and craftsmanship of a kingdom or people you never really heard of. That's just what we did. But it was nice anyway, we learned a few things, such as the empire existed from the 3rd century AD until 1800-something. They had buddism as one of their religions but also a lot of hinduism. Most of the sculptures are Hindu gods. There is a big site not far from Da Nang called Mÿ Son, where the Chams raised a lot of temples and sculptures. It's supposed to be like a way smaller version of Angkor Wat. We won't go there quite yet, but at some point, we will. Well anyway, the musuem would probably be way better if you knew anything about the Chams or the religion and gods, but we had a good time.
Chris with some Cham sculptures.
Maybe the sculptures looked a bit too real for Marcus...
After that, we went for a walk in Da Nang, just checking the city out. Seems alright. But we're not gonna stay. No no, we're leaving tomorrow for Hoi An. A smaller city about an hour away from here. There are lots of cultural stuff to see and if the party gods are with us, we'll meet up with Trent & Nick, who should be there right now. We'll probably stay there for a few days. Since it's supposed to rain anyway, we'll do some sightseeing in the days, and party in the nights! Hoi An style! Not sure what that means yet, but we'll come up with something. Time to sleep now. Goodnight!
Lots of palmtrees by the riverside in Da Nang.
/ C&M
Kommentarer
Postat av: Christina
Det finns något att titta på överallt verkar det som. Ni får jobba som historielärare sen! Vi hör här om stora översvämningar i Thailand men det ser ändå fint ut hos er. Hoppas det inte blir värre väder. Kram, kram
Postat av: Marie
Jag håller med Christina, det var väldigt vad ni kan historia. Gissa om pappa är imponerad`!Ha det så bra och festa lagom. Kram
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