After spending two and a half weeks settling down in Ha Noi, Chadi and I had the opportunity to spend 10 days in the resort town of Danang, just an our flight south of Ha Noi. Unfortunately, as CNN reported, the town of Danang and neighboring provinces were hard hit by cyclone/typhoon tropical depressions that has caused quite a bit of flooding. In fact, we arrived to see much of Danang under water. The rains did lessen after our arrival, but the dreary days continued. That, of course, did not stop us from enjoying ourselves.
Chadi, the lucky house husband, swam and strolled on the beach while I tried to keep my eyes open at the US Government retreat sessions. I was lucky to have spent my 30th Birthday in Danang with a great group of colleagues and friends. I was honored with a lovely birthday cake during one of the retreat sessions, then I spent much of the night enjoying ridiculously “home-made” music and dancing a bit of salsa. Not a bad way to begin the next decade of my life 
Chadi and I look forward to returning to Danang, hopefully then we’ll find some sunny skies.
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Did you get to Hoi An just South of Danang?
It was one of my favourite towns in Vietnam with obvious influences from its trading port history, Chinese, French, Vietnamese. Loved it.
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