白雪酒店 White Snow Hotel @ Da Nang, Vietnam

06.12.2019 White Snow Hotel
@ 白雪酒店 White Snow Hotel in 峴港 Da Nang, Vietnam (click here to Google Map)

Lot 97- 99 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Da Nang City
GPS Location: 16°03'38.1"N 108°13'07.0"E
Camera: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Room rate: from rm$80 - rm$220+
Hotel rating: 4 star
Thoughts: Finally, its a long day and the tour checked-in to the first nights Hotel in Vietnam.
Day 1 Itinerary:
02:00pm arrival at Danang International Airport
02:30pm 峴港五行山 The Marble Mountains (Water Mountain)
03:30pm 峴港大理石店 Dai Viet Co (World of Gems), Marble Handicraft Sculptures & Embroidery Arts Shop
04:30pm 峴港靈應寺(山茶半岛) Lady Buddha at Linh Ung Pagoda
06:00pm 峴港美溪沙滩(東方夏威夷) My Khe Beach
06:30pm 龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge
07:00pm Dinner 越南料理 Vietnamese Dishes 
08:30pm Check in at White Snow Hotel
The 4 Star hotel is just a few hundred meters from the Dragon Bridge. And about 0.3km from the City Centre of Da Nang. The Hotel offers 53 rooms and surprising with excellent Wifi connectivity. The standard room is about rm$75 (by Agoda) and there are 5 types of rooms of either City or River views. The biggest room is Family Deluxe with twin Queen sized beds. Everything was working fine in the room, the Family Deluxe was very spacious with working TV, excellent Wifi connections, and a clean bath room. 
Rating: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋
Telephone: (+84) 236 3 566 999
Website: http://www.whitesnowhotel.com/
Operating hours: 24 hours

View from the Room

The Room

The Lobby

The Entrance

Day 1 White Snow Hotel @ Da Nang, Vietnam

 

越南晚餐料理 Vietnamese Dishes @ Pho Bien Nha Hang, Da Nang Vietnam

06.12.2019 Pho Bien Nha Hang, Da Nang Vietnam
@ 峴港 Da Nang, Vietnam (click here to Google Map)
231 Nguyễn Tất Thành, Thanh Bình, Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng 550000, Vietnam.
GPS Location: 16°04'49.2"N 108°12'40.2"E
Camera: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Entrance fees: Free entrance
Thoughts: Its the first Vietnamese meal of the trip and was told many more during the entire 5 days 4 nights tour. 
Day 1 Itinerary:
02:00pm arrival at Danang International Airport
02:30pm 峴港五行山 The Marble Mountains (Water Mountain)
03:30pm 峴港大理石店 Dai Viet Co (World of Gems), Marble Handicraft Sculptures & Embroidery Arts Shop
04:30pm 峴港靈應寺(山茶半岛) Lady Buddha at Linh Ung Pagoda
06:00pm 峴港美溪沙滩(東方夏威夷) My Khe Beach
06:30pm 龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge
07:00pm Dinner 越南料理 Vietnamese Dishes 
08:30pm Check in at White Snow Hotel
It is perhaps a typical mass produced meal for tourist groups stop overs. Its a 7 dish dinner meal that includes fish, steamed chicken, steamed prawns, deep fried spring roll, egg plant, eggy soup, and ginger boiled lala. Not a very good impression.
Rating: 6 / 10 👍😋
Telephone: +84 236 3530 955
Operating hours: 07:00am - 12:00am

Vietnamese Cuisine

Fish

Steamed Chicken

Steamed Prawns

Vietnamese Deep fried Spring Roll

矮瓜 Egg Plant

Some Kind of Egg Soup

Ginger Boiled Lala

The Restaurant

Day 1: Dinner 越南料理 Vietnamese Dishes @ Pho Bien Nha Hang, Da Nang Vietnam

 

龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge @ 峴港 Da Nang, Vietnam

06.12.2019 龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge
@ 峴港 Da Nang, Vietnam (click here to Google Map)
Đường Trần Hưng Đạo, An Hải Trung, Sơn Trà, Đà Nẵng 550000, Vietnam
GPS Location: 16°03'47.0"N 108°13'47.2"E
Camera: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Entrance fees: Free entrance
Thoughts: After a short My Khea beach walk around, and before Day 1's dinner, its an evening tour of Da Nang's famous Dragon Breach. 
Day 1 Itinerary:
02:00pm arrival at Danang International Airport
02:30pm 峴港五行山 The Marble Mountains (Water Mountain)
03:30pm 峴港大理石店 Dai Viet Co (World of Gems), Marble Handicraft Sculptures & Embroidery Arts Shop
04:30pm 峴港靈應寺(山茶半岛) Lady Buddha at Linh Ung Pagoda
06:00pm 峴港美溪沙滩(東方夏威夷) My Khe Beach
06:30pm 龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge
07:00pm Dinner 越南料理 Vietnamese Dishes
08:30pm Check in at White Snow Hotel
So, this evening stop before dinner is just opposite "Da Nang Riverside Hotel" which is the Hotel the tour will spend the night on the 4th day. I think its called the "DHC Marina" or "EM1 or M1 Group Marina", the Marina show case an interesting statue of "Tượng Cá Chép Hóa Rồng Đà Nẵng" or 龙鲤 (Dragon Carp Statue). First impression, it did look a little like the "Merlion" Lion Statue in Singapore's Marina Bay; however, a closer look shows a Dragon head with a Carp body!
At the Marina, its the "Lover's Bridge" with lots of red-colored heart shaped lighting ornaments. The rails are filled with little locks. 
But the start attraction that can be seen on the left of the Marina is one of several bridges which joined the Peninsular part of Da Nang (My Khea beach etc) to the Inland. Its called the famous "Dragon Bridge", which is also one of the longest bridge in Vietnam. The bridge was constructed with a shape of a dragon with dazzling light displays of different colors at night time. The Dragon Bridge started construction in 2011 and was officially opened in 2013 after a two-year-long construction, commemorating the 38th anniversary of Da Nang City’s liberation. 
Throughout the first day from the Airport to the Temples and the Marble/Gem shop, dragons seemed to be everywhere! This isn't a coincidence as according to local beliefs, which date back to the Ly Dynasty, the dragon is a significant symbol of power, nobility and good fortune.
Rating: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋
Telephone: +84 511 3550111 (Da Nang visitor centre)
Website: http://www.vietnam-guide.com/dragon-bridge.htm
Operating hours: 24 hours

龙鲤 Tượng Cá Chép Hóa Rồng Đà Nẵng (Dragon Carp statue)

情人桥 Lovers Bridge

龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge

Day 1: 龍橋(峴港的地標) Dragon Bridge @ 峴港 Da Nang, Vietnam