Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City via Danang

26th March 2014

Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh city via Danang

The route from Hoi An to Danang. Danang is almost directly north

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Danang is the nearest airport from Hoi An. 

Danang is  neatly laid out with wide roads, beautiful bridges across the river Han (particulary the dragon bridge that actually looks like a dragon and the Thuan phuoc suspension bridge),  and  many hotels facing the beach. It is hard to imagine now that it was in the thick of the Vietnam war. 

Bridge across the river Han as we crossed it

A La Carte, a beach front hotel at Danang!

   

 The airport is new and well kept  and has both international and domestic flights. In contrast, the HCMC (Saigon) domestic airport where I landed  looked rather run down.  For some reason, my bag was the last down the carousel  after a break and it was funny (in retrospect!)to see it riding down all by itself after everybody had left! 

Travel tips: While planning my travel through Vietnam, I was concerned about reaching Danang airport from Hoi An in time to catch my flights. In retrosect I need not have worried.  Hoi An seemed almost like a distant suburb of Danang. The private car I rented at the hotel reception for 18 USD  to get to the airport was in Danang in under 30 minutes. Driving through Danang to the airport was another 15 minutes.  The road is pretty good and  runs past the marble mountains and right next to the sea as we get into Danang.