Da Nang to Nha Trang Overnighter

Restaurant serving chicken.

Sunday, June 18, 2017
Today was a day of waiting around.  Our train did not depart from Da Nang until 8:45 pm, fortunately we were allowed to keep one room until 5:00 pm.  We did not swim today though, as the night before resulted in a lot of phlegm coating the pool, and this morning the staff were using mass quantities of chlorine as the fix.  Went for a walk to get some bread, and ended up buying some great sandwiches for 20 000 D each (just over a dollar).  Our taxi van picked us up at 6:00 pm to take us from Hoi An to the Da Nang train station.  Ended up being a 50 minute taxi ride.  Da Nang is a huge city, and as we found out later, the third largest in Vietnam.  The main bridge is in the shape of a massive lit up dragon, very impressive.
The overnight train was not quite the luxury we had from Tam Coc to Hue the week earlier.  The sleeper berths were booked, so we took the soft seats which are far more economical.  After nine hours though, not a very soft seat.  And as per tradition in developing countries, they do not put a reasonable control on the AC on the train, and we all froze during the night, even with jackets on. 39 C in the day, 15 C on train.  We woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the South China Sea, to the sound of the local hacking up of a lung, and to loud local music being piped over a very poor train speaker.

Standing on top of our shadows.  Tough finding shade at noon in Hoi An.