Exploring Vietnam: Winter 2022/23

Yellow and orange parakeet

Vietnam: 6

I was just walking along a little side street and saw this beautiful bird just hanging out. So sweet! Not sure what kind of bird it is, but maybe a parakeet? I was worried it might be lost but turns out it lives at a nearby home and the owner(s) let it fly free.

Surfer dude walking on the street to the beach, in Da Nang Vietnam. Two scooters are in the foreground on the sidewalk. Palm trees line the street

Vietnam: 5

25 degrees C at 10:10 AM. This morning started out as quite clear and with glints of sunshine even, but a wall of heavy rain has just moved in from the direction of the sea. Funny how it comes and then goes so quickly here. I had my balcony door wide open but then had to close as the rain hits the tiles of the balcony floor so hard that they spray into my room quite a distance. My floor in my room is polished hardwood and gets quite slippery when wet, plus not so nice to walk on barefoot, so I try to keep it dry. And speaking of barefoot, here one never goes into a home (or even some businesses) with shoes on.

A traditional house with tall white pillars and a red roof sits nestled among two tall modern buildings in Da Nang, Vietnam

Vietnam: 4

It is raining quite heavy on and off and the heavy thick clouds blanketed overhead match the colours of the varying tones of greys and whites of the cityscape within my view.

A Vietnamese iced coffee drink in a tall glass with a straw, on the table of an open air cafe in Vietnam, with lush palm fronds lining the open walls

Vietnam: 3

Some observations as I sit at the lovely outdoor cafe/restaurant of my hotel: although this is winter season here, it is 27 degrees today (celsius), and while not so many flowers in blossom as there would/will be in spring and summer season, there is still alot of lush natural greenery everywhere I can see. There are alot more tourists here in this part of the city where I am, than when I was here last time about 6 mths ago (between covid border restrictions and the area of town I was in then, I was one of very few tourists).

Muggy day in Da Nang, Vietnam. View from the balcony to the ocean

Vietnam: 2

Very warm and muggy here this morning. Yesterday rained heavy on and off, but today the thick clouds seemed to have moved on. Sitting out on my balcony with my...

Suniela Beach Travel Diary: Vietnam 2022/23

Vietnam: 1

Well I just went from a little quiet riverside town in Nova Scotia to right smack into a bustling little oceanside city, and on the other side of the world!

Yes, I am now back in Da Nang, Vietnam!...