During my initial couple of days in Da Nang, I went back to the hotel that I had stayed at before, they were happy to see me but told me they were booked up. I told the receptionist I wanted a room for a month and she said she'd take another look. She went on the computer and I watched her move future booking around on the screen. Took her a little over 10 minutes to arrange to have a room for a month for me. The stay began on the 17th, $8.60 per night ($258. for the month).
I set a hopeful budget for myself of half a million dong per day ($21.50), the first 6 days I stayed within budget, but splurged last night and exceeded it by almost double. A small group wanted to go up to the Dragon Bridge to watch the Head of the dragon spew fire and water that only happens at 9pm on weekend nights. So after dinner and drinks at The Amazing Taco, we caught a taxi up to the bridge (about 3 miles). The area around the head of the dragon was packed with people and food carts.
So we grabbed a beer and got into position to view the show. It was cool, lasted about 10 minutes. After the show, we decided to walk across the bridge to check out the nightlife on the west side of the river before catching a taxi back to the Filling Station Bar. Fun night, I thought I got the fire on video but found out I didn't, but I did get video of the water spray. It will be included on my photo album.
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