MY VIETNAM TIPS

As a previously new traveller to Vietnam 🇻🇳 , there was a bit I needed to know before arriving in this culturally rich , wonderful South East Asian country!. Here’s my best tips:

Drink bottled water always, the water in the country is not safe to drink .

Take probiotics with you to avoid stomach upsets

Get your Typhoid and Hepatitis A shots done weeks before travel so they can kick in and be effective

If you go to mountainous areas make sure you bring Aeroguard to ward off mosquitoes

Get a visa organised before arrival , as it is an entry requirement

These tips are here to help , go book that ticket to Vietnam 🇻🇳. It is an amazing country with wonderful people!!

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DAY 6 Vietnam: Da Nang

Today, I had pretty much the same breakfast as the day before. But hey, if it works, it works right?.

I was then picked up by private transport, and went to “Sunworld Da Nang” , located in Ba Na Hills, which was a 40 minute drive from Sheraton Grand Da Nang, my hotel. The main reason for my travels there was to see the very popular instagram spot, Golden Hands Bridge!. To get to the bridge, I went on a cable car, which takes about 15-20 minutes and gives you an incredible view of the jungles below, that is, if it isn’t fogged up, which it was!. The fog really added to the effect of the crowd pulling bridge. There were ,as you can expect, a lot of people , but that was okay.

However, there was much more to be seen than the main attraction (Golden Hands Bridge). There is French colonial architecture , Pagodas and differently themed gardens that includes a maze, giant chessboard and ceramic musical instruments to name a few . Strolling through, I honestly felt like I was in Alice in Wonderland! It just had this amazing aura about it , and definitely feels like the closest thing to heaven on Earth.

After wrapping up my visit to Sunworld Da Nang , I went to Marble Mountain, which is a lot closer to my hotel and affords you views of Da Nang City. You can either walk, (which takes an hour) or take a glass elevator up (which I did). You need to pay before you go up and also before you leave.After getting out of the elevator, I saw a seven story pagoda and fountain with lilly pads with small fish and frogs that call it home as well as a three story pagoda and temples inhabited by Buddhist monks. Thus, Marble Mountain is of particular significance for Buddhists. There are also several caves, of which one I went inside and climbed out of to get to the very top. After finding myself lost, I got on the right track again and left.

Dinner tonight was at the hotel where there was a meat buffet. I enjoyed some Masala chicken, fried calamari, bok choy and steamed rice, finished off with some extremely delicious chocolate mousse (I had three cups) sorry not sorry. The life of a sweet tooth!.

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The breathtaking Golden Hands Bridge. A very popular Instagram location.

Posing on a Giant Chessboard

aMAZing

Mini pond with lilly pads at Marble Mountain

Seven story pagoda!

Inside a cave at Marble Mountain! Claustrophobes avoid.

DAY 3 Vietnam: Da Nang

After 2 overcast days, the sun finally came out today!.

By now a regular dining spot, I went to Table 88 and had frosted cornflakes with sides of two prawn and dumplings and steamed rice with the usual latte!. I then took a cab and revisted Hoi An. I went to a renown tailor called Yaly, where they helped tailored me a suit (blazer and pants) for work back home!. This was I would say was a unique experience for me and definitely one of my highlights so far on my stay in Vietnam. The tailoring process started with me looking through the catalogue given to me by one of the tailors at Yala, and picking out the suit I liked most. I then went upstairs where I help choose my colour, fabric and lining of my suit , before being measured and height taken with photographs of me being taken of me front on, side on and back with my corresponding height.

Afterwards, I continued walking enjoying the beautiful weather with the sun shining, purchasing a few goods and finally leaving at 3pm back to the hotel where I had a Vietnamese Coffee (which has condensed milk in it) for the first time, before going to the poolside lounge and enjoying the view of the pool and South China Sea.

Dinner tonight was at the Table 88 with a seafood buffet!. As per usual there was a very wide selection , I indulged with some prawns, fried crabs, steamed rice and oysters!

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The statue of Buddha with incense

Getting a fitting for my suit by one of the assistants at Yaly's!

A lady enjoying her ride in a rickshaw taking a selfie

Sheraton Grand Da Nang poolside overlooking the South China Sea

Indulging in the seafood buffet