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 Many of my friends ask me this question: What Places to visit in Da Nang Vietnam, Thu?  Here you go, that's why I wrote an article in my blog thusmiles.com a list of the 5 best places to visit in Da Nang.  Must-try food in Da Nang Then, how about food? What specialties from Da Nang should we eat? Yes, my dear friends, because I have a blog and I love to write. An article Da Nang food is on my website too. 3 must-try dishes and where to eat are listed. 

DoD  5 25 June 2015 Like Watching Cement Dry …or to be more accurate….like watching concrete dry. They have poured yet another floor. As we wait for the concrete slab to cure, work goes on doing other things around the house and I am busy buying fittings and also working on projects (which in turn generate the income to pay for the house and purchase the fittings etc…simple economics really) Work progresses slowly but surely… and I watch as the house inches slowly skyward but my bank balance descends at a much faster rate. For most normal people..(hehehe…. Normal?) it is not uncommon that the financial experience of house building is unique and often stressful. Even though the figures are considerably smaller here – you can build a quality house in Vietnam for about 25% of the construction costs in a big city like, say, Sydney- they still are significant  in our household budget and they are rapidly creating a serious dentin my accumulated life savings. So n...

All in all…just another Brick in the Wall 1 June 2015 The weather is getting hotter. The middle of summer in DaNang is hot…hot with clear skies and a biting sun. Often the midday heat climbs to 37 or 38 Celsius. Our rental house has proven to be advantageous. Obviously it gives us an affordable home with an opportunity for Thu to have a small, elegant showroom and a home office to run our businesses  http://chuonchuonboutique.com or  Fanpage:  https://www.facebook.com/tuixachoppo  But also it turns out that a quick check of the compass (I rarely travel without a compass and a tape measure these days… when you are building a house it becomes habitual to whip out the trusty Stanley 5metre tape and check the dimensions on something you like the look of… be it a room dimension or a small sink for under the stairs toilet etcetc)…anyway… a quick check of the compass shows that our rental house is aligned in exactly the same direction as the house we are buildin...

               A solid foundation DoD 23 may 2015 The building is progressing quickly. In the end, Mr Long put in a quote that was about 20% higher than all other bidders. When questioned he couldn’t explain his justification for this price. Mr Khai simply remarked quietly that he had already visited the land and seen that the site was clay and laterite… hence he knew it would required strong foundations. In the end we went with Mr Khai. Actually he is an ‘architect’ not an engineer. He will build the concrete box, install the windows and doors, put the pipes, wiring, drainage and sewerage in the walls and floors…and that is it. The rest I will do myself or sub-contract. Steel reinforcing bar, gravel. Sand, cement, and cheap wooden planks for the formwork have been delivered to the site and themen spent a couple of days bending, cutting and shaping the steel reinforcement for the foundations The foundations will have 30 cubi...

BLOGGY’S BACK   ! 15 May 2015 Wow…I just looked and realised that we have not blogged for a long, long time. Since the last instalment the geese have grown up, flown away and come back for one more lots of  …errr…goslings. Apologies good readers, for the hiatus. We just got caught up in …life. Denizens   of    Danang And now we are ’Denizens of DaNang’. “Why ‘Denizen’?”you may ask. Well…we live here. We are not strictly citizens of the city, but…we live here. There are many dictionary definitions of ‘Denizen’…e.g. “a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place”. Or the more formal British definition: “a foreigner allowed certain rights in their adopted country”. Perhaps this is the best for me. I am British by birth and that brings with it lingering, habitual tendencies that affect my speech, grammar, humour, and a passion for HP Sauce. But I grew up in Australia, which accounts for my sense of humour, ability to ...

DRAGONFLY TRAVEL NEWS   HOLIDAY  IN PHU QUOC   EPISODE THREE CAU CASTLE - PHU QUOC ISLAND For us, the real highlights of the island were the fresh fruit and seafood and the local markets. They have a somewhat famous NIGHT MARKETS down near the entrance to the fishing port in Duong Dong town and the local fresh food markets are a few blocks further on. By the way, if you are down that way, visit Dinh Cau (also known as Cau Castle). It is a kind of bizarre mash-up of a highly decorated little a temple and a small but nevertheless functioning lighthouse. It was originally built around 1937 in to honour the goddess Thien Hau- the protector of fishermen and sailors. Anyway it's worth a visit even at night and during the day it gives a really good view of the Cambodian coastline, Duong Dong fishing port and a big part of the town. Sorry, I digress. The NIGHT MARKETS have that cheap, gaudy carnival feel typical of night markets everywhere. Every eve...