JC’s Road Trip – Vietnam Pt 10 – Da Nang #1

In this episode we have another installment from Vietnam. We are having a great time in a different SE Asian country than Thailand and we are really starting to appreciate Vietnam and its people. I am starting to feel Vietnam has a lot to offer RIPpers. In part 10 we will continue to cover what it is like to live in Vietnam and in this episode we have some info and sights and sounds from Da Nang. We will continue to contemplate the question, “what would life be like living in Vietnam as a retiree?” We will continue to see what the upsides and downsides are to living in a Communist country like Vietnam. Here is a little info about Da Nang

Da Nang is the fifth most populated city in Vietnam and is the fifth largest city in Vietnam and one of the major port cities. With an area of 1,255.53 km² and a population of 951,700 as of 2011. Women make up 50.7% of Da Nang's population.

Situated on the coast of the Eastern Sea, it is the biggest city in Central Vietnam. Da Nang is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam, with a well-sheltered, easily accessible port; its location on the path of National Route 1A and the North–South Railway makes it a hub for transportation.
The city was previously known as Tourane (or Turon) during French colonial rule.

The city's origins date back to the ancient kingdom of Champa, established in 192 AD. One of the first Europeans to visit Da Nang was Portuguese explorer António de Faria, who anchored in Đà Nẵng in 1535. Faria was one of the first Westerners to write about the area. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, French and Spanish traders and missionaries regularly made landfall at Hoi An, just south of Da Nang.

During the Republic of Vietnam, the city was home to a major air base that was used by both the South Vietnamese and United States air forces in the War in Vietnam. The base was considered one of the world's busiest airports during the war reaching an average of 2,595 air traffic operations daily, more than any other airport in the world at that time. The final U.S. ground combat operations in Vietnam ceased on 13 August 1972. After the US-withdrawal from the conflict, in the final stage of the conquering of South Vietnam by North Vietnam, Da Nang fell to the communist forces March 29/30, 1975.

Da Nang has a tropical monsoon climate with two seasons: a typhoon & wet season lasting from September through March and a dry season lasting from April through August. Temperatures are typically high, with an annual average of 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). Temperatures are highest between June and August (with daily highs averaging 33 to 34 °C (91 to 93 °F)), and lowest between December and February (highs averaging 24 to 25 °C (75 to 77 °F)). The annual average for humidity is 81%, with highs between October and December (reaching 84%) and lows between June and July (reaching 76–77%).

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[PMLynch]

There are quite a few American war vets who are now living in Da Nang. Some are working with the agent orange birth defect victims. The area around the Da Nang airport was one of the most highly contaminated agent orange areas in Viet Nam. The chemicals were unloaded there, which resulted in many spills.

The area around the airport is still highly contaminated. I'd be concerned about living in Da Nang now because of the Dioxin in the water and the food chain.

[ColinC]

Looks a lovely country and makes a change from Thailand. Thanks for your efforts JC !!

[rbleegrip]

Whey JC not sure where in the timeline you are but I have spent the last 3 days watching all your VN travels I like your humble quirky way maybe I'm a bit younger then most the demographic you are geared too producing these vids but I like it I have a vn partner lives in Tuyen Quang in the north and I'm glad you are slowly discovering the real people of vn they have a hard but also brutal history so I can understand some of there older attitudes but the more you know them the more you find the good ones .i hope I have caught you before you get to Hanoi, if so please look up the students in the the old quarter that do walking tours for free just to improve there English ... They are fantastic and also have you ever wondered why the buildings are so skinny and there is all that empty vacant land on the Interesting I will leave it for you to discover mate all the best to you and your beautiful camera operator Enjoy

[jmsfabrication]

Thanks JC. I really like that you included the stats, (Max/Min temp, city population, history, etc.).

[AmazingPhilippines]

Great video as usual. Nat is doing a fantastic job with the camera. She could put on "How to Video" seminars for other vloggers, including me.
It appears the infrastructure is more advanced and modern than many other SE Asian nations. The streets appear quite clean.
Do you find the children speak English in many areas? I had a Vietnamese in USA suggest I teach English in Vietnam. Hope to visit soon.

[DavidWhitt]

JC.. I am wondering why you don't use the microphone translation with Google Translate? You can set it up to translate between english and vietnamese. You click the english button and talk... then Google will repeat in vietnamese. Click the Vietnamese button and let them talk... and Google will translate to English. Seems that should solve any issues for communicating with the locals. :)

[bensonnlp]

Good Job done JC. many thank to you, good video. Cheers

[to-ttfc]

Must be slow season because the rate is too good, 25 USD. What a steal :).

[sdushdiu]

Thanks...really enjoyed this!
VN is becoming more interesting and attractive the 'further you go'!

[snakedog]

Hello JC-
You'll get more of a response saying phonetically (Hello) in Vietnamese - "Jow- Whan". Try it and see you will get more welcoming response. Also, when you say Thai to the locals say it as if in question form (or a tone of uncertainty) ...Tha'i. You're doing a good job keep it up.

[LMUstacker]

Hi JC, after 10 years - 1 month a year - spent in the rest of Indochina, in august I'll go to Vietnam for 1 month with a Thai friend. We are botanists (you can see my thai-lao-cambodian videos on my account, by the way) and we're going to check about 150 gps locations looking for plants. I'm studying all your videos to get a good idea of what we're gonna run into :D Is the Thai driving licence going to be ok to drive motorbikes? We'll mostly move by motorbike, on a daily basis, we don't want to find ourselves stuck for a month... thanks (I took the gps of the lovely cafè where you've been in Dalat, I really want to meet that noisy lady! :D)!

[to-ttfc]

Is the weather season correct ? My understand is that South Vietnam raining season is from May to October, kind of opposite to what you described ?

[stephenwatson]

Interesting start . No traffic, no horn honking, definitely out in the sticks . Some Asian business owner's employ farang front of house as they think westerners will assume it's farang owned and drop their prejudiced view of what they see as the developing world .

[qubit]

Nice video though youre making things harder than they need to be. Use google images to point to what you want, google maps to locate areas of interest(eg, tourist spots, hotels etc).

Simply looking at google map of Danang for businesses you would see most of commercial activity across the bridge and most tourist hotels just south of Danang Bay.

[AVIATOR]

First thing I did when I went To VN was learn the words for HI, Bye, water, and the number 1 & 2. This way you don't get to coconuts! lol

[bobjohnston]

The name of the hotel would be helpful, !

[sgcl]

It would be easier to ask the hotel receptionist where to rent a motorbike instead of walking around asking ppl there lol.

[robertburnett]

When in Thailand I try use Thai for...hello, how much, thank you, etc. I use Viet for same things. In guide book. R.B.

[kwtravels]

didn't look over run with tourists to me. people say that like its a bad word. nice video

[rvmorgan]

Why don't you hire a translator for the day some college kid to help you. I bet you could have done that for not much and got a lot more done