Dong Hoi and Danang

My time in Hanoi coming to an end I decided to head south in search of the beautiful Paradise Cave, one the largest cave networks in Asia. The first night i arrived turned out to be rather eventful as no sooner had i arrived at a hostel then i was out the door with fellow backpackers to dance the night away.

The next day, feeling slightly hung over I set out on a tour of the caves. Our first stop was a magical boat ride through the heart of the cave system itself, through which an actualriver flowed. The cave network was beautifully lit and marvellously surreal, like floating through the belly of some deep sea creature.

This was only a taste of things to come as the next stop took us via buggie to the entrance of a jungle cave, the space inside was gianomous, a massive airhanger like space, where staggities fought rock formations in an epic struggle to impress us travellers the most.

Throughly pleased with my tour of Dong Hoi I set off for my next adventure. What was intended to be brief stop over turned out to be a full blown stop. As i decided to meet up with a friend in the glamourous city of Danang, with wide open beaches, next to no western tourists and wide open roads Danang felt almost like it could be the LA of Vietnam. I spent an extremely enjoyable evening there playing darts, admiring the sea and the fabulous dragon bridge (which spat both fire and water) and discovering one of the best undiscovered cities that Vietnam had to offer.