Vietnam (Da Nang) Jan 2014

Map of Danang, Vietnam

Total expenses incurred (3 days): 1,010,000vdn + US$27 = US$75 (Rm$247)
Hotel (Dai A): US$13.50 x 2 nights = US$27.00 per pax (superior twin private en suite)
Food: 155,000vdn
Entrance fee: 40,000vdn (Cham Museum)
Motorbike: 20,000vdn (bus terminal > Danang city center)
Bus: 50,000vdn ( Danang>Hoi A)
Train: 745,000vdn (soft seat Danang > Ho Chi Minh)

1) Train ride from Ho Chi Minh City > Danang - countryside scenery as viewed from the train windows; vast tracts of paddy fields, banana plants, cattle grazing & country homes etc ! 

Train Ride Ho Chi Minh > Hue

2nd Class Soft Seat 761,000dong 

2) Hai Van Pass - an approximately 21km long mountain pass on National Route 1 in central Vietnam, it traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the East Sea of Vietnam, on the border of Danang & Thus Thien-Hue Province, near Bach Ma National Park; very scenic mountain greeneries & coastline ! I am glad to have taken this train ride ! 

Train passing a tunnel - 1,500m above sea level

3) Museum of Cham Sculpture, Danang, Vietnam

Built in 1915 with French support in Danang

Best collection of Cham art in the world

Over 300 sculptural statutes

Artefacts date back to 7th to 15th centuries

Champa the old capital of Danang

Images of Shiva, Brahma & Vishu

4) Han River Boulevard, Danang, Vietnam

5) Han River, Danang, Vietnam

6) Dragon Bridge, Danang, Vietnam

7) Cho Han Market, Danang, Vietnam

8) Saint Paul church in Danang, Vietnam

9) Danang Cathedral - built in 1923, this Gothic church in the Danang city centre has a weathercock-topped steeple. 

10) Hotel accommodation (2 nights) - Dai A Hotel, 51 Yen Bai, Danang

walking distance to Han River, Champa Museum & airport

Free continental breakfast - 1st day

Free continental breakfast - 2nd day

Free Vietnamese coffee

US$27 for a superior twin room with TV

) Returning journey - train ride from Danang > Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam