We took two walks today, one out to some shops and one along the beach. We stopped at the "Z" shop to finish up getting essentials. It was recommended that we do not drink the water here so we got some big jugs for the house. We also got some mustard and bay leaves, deodorant and a hot chicken foot. These items may have been at the hyper-mart but we already had a very large load. We chose to check out with an incomplete list of items so there were things we missed. There were some new items for us in the "Z" store, the hot chicken foot for one and some very off feminine hygiene items. We unloaded, had lunch and went back out, this time along the beach. It was blustery and the red flag was out for the swimmers. The lifeguard was driving a scooter along the water line, I guess that is one way to cover more ground. We passed beach clubs, multiple selfie signs, large New Year displays, pigeon houses, tour busses and tourists.
Next door a funky roof top greenhouse
Da Nang stretches out to the north
What look like empty lots from ground level are actually gardens
A Vietnam Rescue Ship
A giant female Buddha
Looking out to the north west
The huge bridge at the mouth of the river
Some taller buildings closer to downtown
The Yellow Dragon Bridge
Looking down at the water from the pool level
The eerie shell of a building
Mint, lettuce and flowers are growing here
A shrine right by the apartment
Leslie wanted to dive in and garden
The flowers
Some very fancy residential gates
A huge potted tree
Decked out in lanterns and flowers
Baffling mint flavored sanitary pads
I can understand all of these spicy chicken feet
I bought the one that seemed like it was going to be the hottest
So many onions!
Hanging garden
Orchids
Drying out some sort of bulb
When you say Bud you said it all
City tours in these funky vehicles
Durian! So smelly!
Have oil drums will create
The lady buddha in the distance
A bit chilly for this kind of behavior
He drove right over some folks shoes that were set at the waters edge
We have made it to the more touristy area of the beach
No swimming, it is quite rough
Some rain in blowing in
The Traditional round boats are painted on the reverse
The round boats are behind the snake display
Rows of trimmed trees
A large greeting sign
Oh my do the pigeons love these!
Nice greenery
Over loaded scooter
Each balcony has a little Vietnamese flag
Two couples are learning some acrobatics
This is a flip maneuver
Grab the feet
Complete the flip
And fall over
Down she goes!
The traditional round boat with nets inside
These appear to be working vessels
Cricket
Snail
Tuff chicken
Dang dang Da Nang Nang
A ding dong ding dong doo
Along the beach you can find "clubs" that have changing areas and showers to sue to wash off the salty water
Puttering around in the periphery are the durian vendors, we could smell them from 50 feet away
Everywhere is a selfie sign
Nive exterior
Back at the apartment
Sweet!
