Flight Detail:
AK648 with tailno 9M-AJJ
KUL-DAD
SD -1020 AD -1105
SA -1155 AA - 1245
4D3N Central Vietnam which include 3 cities in the itinerary. AirAsia's flight AK 648 from Kuala Lumpur to Danang was delayed for almost 1 hour due to late arrival from Kota Bahru. Upon arrival, lunch is served in a chinese restaurant. After Lunch, the first destination was Song Pho Peninsula where we visit Chùa Linh Ứng temple.
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| Kwan Yin Statue |
We spent about 45 minutes before we heading north to imperial city of Hue. The journey took us about 3 hours although the distance is only 100km due to the winding road and limited speed access throughout the tunnel.
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| Overlooking Da Nang Cities. |
We reach Hue about 8pm. Time for dinner. After Check in, we went to Night market beside perfume river.
Day 2
Hue.
After breakfast in the hotel, we walked to the pier for perfume river cruise. The journey to Thien Mu Pagoda pier took about 45 minutes. It is 9am local time, it already so hot. About 36 deg celcius.
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| Perfume River |
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Our next destination - Thien Mu Pagoda.
Weather was so hot, we had an ice tau fu fah. Not bad though.
Next stop - Palace of the last Vietnamese emperor, Bao Dai
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| Palace square |
We walked from the bus bay to the palace about 1km. Traders along the way.
Lunch at Hue's chinese restaurant, Phường Phú Hội district.
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Crispy Pork  |
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| Appetizer |
After lunch we proceed to the mausoleum of Khai Dinh
We depart Hue for Danang at 2.45pm. The journey again took us 3 hrs. Most of us were sleeping in the bus. Along the journey, we went through Vietnam's longest tunnel at 6.5km.
Upon arrival at Danang, we stop at a local product shop,
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Beach opposite the local product shop.
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| Panaroma of Danang at night from the sky lounge of Muong Thanh Hotel over looking Han River. |
While enjoying the dragon bridge's fire and water display, we didnt realised that at the same time on the right part of the river, there are a tragedy happened in front of Novotel Hotel (far right). A river cruise was capsized because of overloading ended with 3 fatalities.
DAY 3 - Da Nang - Hoi An
The journey start with a visit to Champa Museum.
One of the theory, the people of Champa were descended from settlers who reached the Southeast Asian mainland from Borneo about the time of the Sa Huynh culture, though genetic evidence points to exchanges with India. Sa Huynh sites are rich in iron artifacts, by contrast with theDong Son culture sites found in northern Vietnam and elsewhere in mainland Southeast Asia, where bronze artifacts are dominant. The Cham language is part of the Austronesian family. According to one study, Cham is related most closely to modern Acehnese.
Then we proceed to
Hội An.
a beautiful city in Vietnam, just south of Da Nang. The Old Town of Hoi An is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.. The city possessed the largest harbour in south-east Asia in the 1st centuryand was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City). Between the seventh and 10th centuries, the Cham (people of Champa) controlled the strategic spice trade and with this came tremendous wealth. The former harbour town of the Cham at the estuary of the Thu Bồn River was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled. During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. Originally, Hai Pho was a divided town with the Japanese settlement across the "Japanese Bridge" (16th-17th century). The bridge (Chùa cầu) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist temple attached to one side.
if you like toilered-made costume or shoe, Hoi An is the place for you. A pair of Cow Leather Thigh High Boots cost USD 75
DAY 4 - Hoi An - Da Nang Airport
After breakfast, we departed Hoi An for flight to Kuala Lumpur. Our flight AK649 supposed to depart at 1220 was delayed until 1315 but arrival at KLIA2 was on-time. 9M-AHT ferries us back to Malaysia.
Verdict: Should skip imperial city of Hue, having more time exploring Da Nang and Hoi An. Weather was extreme. At 38 deg celcius, i would rather stay in door.
