5 stories tagged Lady Buddha
Two days in Da Nang: a $20 visit to the pharmacist, our old An Thượng neighborhood then and now, a riverside seafood dinner at Moon Beer, a night walk on the Nguyễn Văn Trỗi and Trần Thị Lý bridges, an izakaya lunch at Umi, and a late afternoon on Mỹ Khê.
A Saturday on the Sơn Trà peninsula: the Lady Buddha and Linh Ứng Pagoda, a secluded beach café and the fishing boats below the mountain, an obscene amount of seafood with Diem's brother by the Trần Thị Lý Bridge, plaster statues by the river, and a late feast on the floor with the family from An Lão.
A Thursday in Da Nang: an early walk past an old temple and the K20 resistance base, bánh xèo and bò kho at Bếp Ngon Việt, packed summer beaches, live seafood and giant mantis shrimp at Làng Cá, a Hoegaarden on China Beach under the Lady Buddha, and the Sơn Trà night market.
I have had some computer issues in my last days in Vietnam. This was mainly due to some adapter problems. To be honest, I probably could have found an adapter, but I had...
At 1:30, the doorbell rang. I got up and opened the door to find Diem standing in the hallway. She came in and sat down while I brushed my teeth and washed the grog off...
