I agree! Those young bucks need to back off and let us old fuckers have some fun with those sweet lasses!
Yesterday featured a walk, a cruise, and beer. Lots of beer! Let me show you what I mean.
After a couple of kilometers down the beach road, I turned left, thinking it would lead to the Han River. Turns out I was wrong about that. Or maybe I gave up too soon. I’ll try to find it again today.A couple of elephants.A Swan.And whatever the hell that’s supposed to be.A lion or tiger, perhaps?I didn’t eat here (yet).But we did give this place a try.OMG! They had birria tacos! And guacamole, just the way Swan likes it. They were damn good, too.That’s probably the biggest burrito I ever did see.Open wide!That’s what the innards looked like. Yep, those are fries inside, another first.We stopped in here to see if I could find a long-sleeve sweatshirt in my size.Yeah, it gets chilly at night this time of year, and we are heading up into the Ba Na Hills tomorrow.This one fit, so I bought it.Our loop was a tad over 5K. I’ll try for the river walk again today.
After a nap and a shower, we met up with Jeff and Davina for our river cruise. We couldn’t board until 7 p.m., so we checked out some of the bars down by the river.
Our first stop.Very large and well-appointed. A nice selection of craft beers, too.This place has a definite expat vibe about it. If I’m not mistaken, it‘ is Aussie-owned.
The signage in Bamboo’s restroom was also worth a couple of photos:
Wipe that smile off your face!Yep, that’s the wrong kind of lump in your pants.
Then we made our way along the river towards the boat dock.
A clean well-lighted place.The Marriott Hotel pays homage to its communist overseers.A Swan on the river.There she is again!One last beer at the Novotel before heading to the riverboat.The riverboat dock.Just like last year, we were booked on the Poseidon for our river adventure.Our table on the bow of the Poseidon.A heavenly view.We even saw Chloe, our waitress from last year,and she remembered us, too. The first of many Larue beers consumed during our two hours onboard. Two bottles of wine for Davina and Swan.Cheers!
After a decent dinner was served (Swan and I had the salmon), it was time for the cultural dancers to perform.
The live music…And those dancers I mentioned.
Here’s a short video of the dancing you might enjoy:
Thanks for the show, ladies!
Then it was time to hit the Han River:
Off we go!The lights of the city.Heading for that Dragon Bridge.There it be.And it’s a fire-breathing dragon.I guess the dragon spits but doesn’t swallow.
So, the cruise ended at 9:30 local time, which makes it 10:30 back home. My body had had enough fun for one day, so Swan and I caught a cab to the hotel. I think I did okay for an old guy.
In the LTG archives, it’s August 27, 2016, and I turned 61. The post has all the songs I like about growing older. Hey, it must have worked, because almost 10 years later, I’m still getting old.
Today’s YouTube video is a short (less than four minutes) presentation about the realities of Da Nang nightlife. It is spot on, at least from my limited experience here. Nothing like you are going to find in the bars of Barretto or Angeles City. The good thing is, I prefer the laid-back chill atmosphere that is in abundance here.
And that leads us to these:
That absolutely stinks!That’s gonna be some stinky ink.When he gets fired, he won’t have a wok to piss in.
And now for day five of the Vietnam experience. No specific plans for today other than a walk/exploration. Hopefully, I’ll spot a new place to try for dinner. We leave Da Nang proper tomorrow morning and will spend a night up high in the Ba Na Hills. I’ve been looking forward to that the most on our vacation itinerary. After that, we have stays in Hoi An and Hue before returning to Da Nang next week. Let the adventure continue!
3 thoughts on “Day four, once more”
And whatever the hell that’s supposed to be. A lion or tiger, perhaps?
I think that, in colloquial English, we’d call that a “fu dog” or a “foo dog.” In Chinese, it’s a “shishi,” a sort of lion-shaped (石獅 = literally “stone lion”) guardian divinity. I don’t know what the Vietnamese term for it is (ah, here we go: “sĆ° tỠđá,” stone lion). It has a lot in common with a Korean haetae/haechi, but it’s not quite the same thing. Still, the presence of a shishi in Da Nang speaks to the heavy Chinese influence in Vietnam.
OMG! They had birria tacos! And guacamole, just the way Swan likes it. They were damn good, too.
Do you plan to visit Vietnam’s equivalent to Barretto, wherever that might be? I mean a (relatively) quiet town or village, a bit run down, filled with tasteless girly bars and old Western guys shootin’ the shit.
Open wide!
See the email I just sent you. Don’t do it, John! Don’t do it!
A clean well-lighted place.
Spot the error!
And it’s a fire-breathing dragon.
Asian dragons are usually powerful, benevolent water/wind/sky creatures; Western dragons are greedy, evil, cave-dwelling, treasure-hoarding fire-breathers. I sense a mix of mythologies happening here. A long time ago, the Korean movie “D-War” featured a Korean dragon that breathed fire as well. I recall my buddy Charles, a folklore expert, being confused. So was I.
…and will spend a night up high in the Ba Na Hills. I’ve been looking forward to that the most on our vacation itinerary. After that, we have stays in Hoi An and Hue before returning to Da Nang next week. Let the adventure continue!
So you’re checking out of your current hotel. Good luck with the next phase.
Kevin, well, China has always coveted Vietnam, but the people here don’t cotton much to being colonized.
And I’m still cringing when I think about your creative photoshopping.
I left the comma out after clean intentionally because as I remembered the Hemingway story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” there wasn’t one. A subsequent check via Google shows it both ways.
Tolkien’s dragons didn’t mess around, that’s for sure.
Yep, checking out of the hotel as soon as I finish the comment. We’ll be back here to finish our trip next week.
I left the comma out after clean intentionally because as I remembered the Hemingway story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” there wasn’t one. A subsequent check via Google shows it both ways.
Hemingway is worshiped in some circles, but he could be sloppy. When you have pairs of adjectives that don’t make up a phrasal adjective, do you put a comma between them or not? I answered that question ages ago. See here.
So if Hemingway was trying to say that “the place was clean and well lighted,” as I think he was, he should have inserted a comma. Maybe the weight of that sin is what drove him to blow his own head off.
And whatever the hell that’s supposed to be. A lion or tiger, perhaps?
I think that, in colloquial English, we’d call that a “fu dog” or a “foo dog.” In Chinese, it’s a “shishi,” a sort of lion-shaped (石獅 = literally “stone lion”) guardian divinity. I don’t know what the Vietnamese term for it is (ah, here we go: “sĆ° tỠđá,” stone lion). It has a lot in common with a Korean haetae/haechi, but it’s not quite the same thing. Still, the presence of a shishi in Da Nang speaks to the heavy Chinese influence in Vietnam.
OMG! They had birria tacos! And guacamole, just the way Swan likes it. They were damn good, too.
Did they succeed in making the shells crunchy? At a guess, “damn good” means yes. The shells look as though they might’ve been dipped in fatty consommĂ©, which is a good sign compared to the bland, white tortillas you seem to get in Barretto.
Do you plan to visit Vietnam’s equivalent to Barretto, wherever that might be? I mean a (relatively) quiet town or village, a bit run down, filled with tasteless girly bars and old Western guys shootin’ the shit.
Open wide!
See the email I just sent you. Don’t do it, John! Don’t do it!
A clean well-lighted place.
Spot the error!
And it’s a fire-breathing dragon.
Asian dragons are usually powerful, benevolent water/wind/sky creatures; Western dragons are greedy, evil, cave-dwelling, treasure-hoarding fire-breathers. I sense a mix of mythologies happening here. A long time ago, the Korean movie “D-War” featured a Korean dragon that breathed fire as well. I recall my buddy Charles, a folklore expert, being confused. So was I.
…and will spend a night up high in the Ba Na Hills. I’ve been looking forward to that the most on our vacation itinerary. After that, we have stays in Hoi An and Hue before returning to Da Nang next week. Let the adventure continue!
So you’re checking out of your current hotel. Good luck with the next phase.
Kevin, well, China has always coveted Vietnam, but the people here don’t cotton much to being colonized.
And I’m still cringing when I think about your creative photoshopping.
I left the comma out after clean intentionally because as I remembered the Hemingway story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” there wasn’t one. A subsequent check via Google shows it both ways.
Tolkien’s dragons didn’t mess around, that’s for sure.
Yep, checking out of the hotel as soon as I finish the comment. We’ll be back here to finish our trip next week.
I left the comma out after clean intentionally because as I remembered the Hemingway story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” there wasn’t one. A subsequent check via Google shows it both ways.
Hemingway is worshiped in some circles, but he could be sloppy. When you have pairs of adjectives that don’t make up a phrasal adjective, do you put a comma between them or not? I answered that question ages ago. See here.
So if Hemingway was trying to say that “the place was clean and well lighted,” as I think he was, he should have inserted a comma. Maybe the weight of that sin is what drove him to blow his own head off.