Hey Hi!
This is such a long overdue post as I was busy with my assignments and
exams after we came back from the trip and I finally got time to update my blog
now. I hope I still remember what happened though.
Here you go, a 4D3N trip to Da Nang. Wohooo!
On Sep 2019, we finally had our first ever girls’ cousin trip that we’ve been
talking about for quite some time. I was so excited about this trip from the
moment we booked our flight tickets. Unfortunately, I got diarrhea 2 days
before the trip and it got worst the day before.
I was actually planning to
cancel my plan but how can I miss out the fun? So I end up risking my life
(sounds serious huh) and went on the flight a sick and weak body.
I apologize beforehand if I did not provide enough information about
this trip especially on all the foods part.
P/s: The total return flight for
each person is RM611 flying from
Kota Kinabalu. Not very cheap...
DAY 1
5.25AM
Depart to Kuala Lumpur by AirAsia.
8.05AM
Arrive in KLIA2. We had our simple breakfast in a random café at the
airport before our next flight.
10.30AM
Depart to Da Nang by AirAsia. Tick tock tick tock…
12.05PM (Da Nang time)
12.05PM (Da Nang time)
Finally arrive at Da Nang International Airport.
We went to look for
our driver first which my cousin already booked in advance and then we went to
collect our sim card that we bought from klook in a café.
Depart to Hoi An.
2PM onwards (Da Nang time)
Check in our hotel at Hoi An – Golden River Hotel.
After settling our stuff, we proceed to have our lunch at a random
restaurant and excited for Hoi An Ancient Town. Unfortunately, the weather was
not on our side, the rain keep pouring heavy and definitely making our mood not as excited anymore.
Alright. The rains finally stop during dinner time. However, we were
too tired from our early morning flight and decided to just go back rest after
dinner.
So that’s how we ended up our first day in Hoi An.
DAY 2
8AM
I woke up, finally felt much better and recovering well from diarrhea. We had our breakfast at the hotel.
10AM
Depart from Hoi An to Da Nang City Centre
We booked our
transport from Klook. Link as below.
11.30AM
Arrived our hotel at Da Nang City Centre - Oyo 157 Centre Hotel
However, we were not allowed to
check in until 2pm, so we head out to lunch and strolled around Han Market.
2.30PM onwards
After check in and settling our stuff, we head out to some of the Da
Nang’s attractions using the private car (custom tour) that we’ve booked in
advance.
First stop: Marble mountain.
The funny thing is we don’t know that we were at marble mountain that
time so we just spent a very short time there. Be prepare for a lot of climbing
stairs if u planning to go there. It was one of the reasons we decided to give
up. But if we were to know that place is marble mountain, we will continue to
climb no matter what.
Second stop: Linh Ung Pagoda, Son Tra
Peninsula
We went there just to take photo with the huge Lady Buddha Statue and left. What a
typical tourists.
Third stop: Vincom Plaza
We had a quick meal at Jolibee before we spent some time buying
souvenirs at VinMart for family and friends.
Since there were no places to go anymore, we decided to go Asia Park Sun World Da Nang Wonders. So
we asked the driver to drive us back to put our stuff and changed our clothes
since we were all wearing dresses.
Fourth stop: Asia Park Sun World Da Nang Wonders
There are plenty of rides in the park and the best thing is we do not have
to queue for all the rides because there were less people. Not sure where all
the tourists went.
Finally felt hungry after all the rides, so we asked the driver to recommend us
some good local food. But then he brought us to this fine dine place. Hmm.
Nope. We do not feel like eating steak at that moment.
Then we asked him to
send us back to our hotel instead. Basically most of the restaurants are closed
at that hour. It was 11PM by the way. Luckily the hotel reception is helpful enough
to show us a nearby place and save us from starving.
Private custom tour link below.
Everything was good except they did
not provide us an English speaking driver as written in the website. It is the
reason why our plan to Marble Mountain was ruined because of miscommunication.
DAY 3
6.30AM
Woke up super early and had our breakfast at the hotel because we are
heading to Ba Na Hills. Oh yes! We bought our ticket from Klook as we wanted to
avoid wasting time queuing at the destination.
Link below
7.30AM
Depart to Ba Na Hills. We’ve booked a return trip transport from Klook
as well.
Link below
We can set the pick-up and return
time on our own preferences. Unlike other tour package in which they have fix
time of departing and returning.
9AM
Arrived at the base of Ba Na Hills.
We took our sweet time here as we have a whole day to enjoy. I did put
quite a high expectation on this place but it didn’t give me disappointment
though, just not as nice as I’ve imagined because I thought there will be a lot
of rides like any other theme park. Hahaha!
6PM
Return to Hotel from Ba Na Hills.
7.30PM
7.30PM
Head out again to Cho Dem Son
Tra Night Market. No more private car this time, so we took grab car only.
10PM
10PM
Rest
DAY 4
DAY 4
8.30AM
Breakfast at our hotel.
9.30AM
9.30AM
Da Nang Catheral (Pink Church)
The whole place is ours when we arrived until 1 min after that, there were a bunch of tourists keep coming in. Oh well.
The whole place is ours when we arrived until 1 min after that, there were a bunch of tourists keep coming in. Oh well.
10.30AM
Finally able to try on their local coffe at Cộng Cà Phê. Been looking forward for this trip because of
their famous coffee but since I just recover from my diarrhea, I don't dare to simply try any new food.
After that, we had a short photo session with the dragon bridge from afar…
12PM
Check out our hotel and head to the airport using grab car after comparing all the prices with klook and the hotel transfer.
We were planning to have lunch at the airport, but turned out the food
in their international airport were all in USD currency. I remember those meals
in burger king need at least USD16 which is equivalent to RM64. What…? So we
decided to just have in-flight meal.
4.30PM
We finally able to board the plane as flight delayed from 3.45PM.
Already starving then flight delayed some more. Felt the nasi lemak damn cheap
at that moment at only RM15.
8.35PM (Malaysia time)
Arrived in KLIA2. Took grab car
to Qlassic Hotel to stay for a night
until our flight to Kota Kinabalu next morning.
DAY 5
8.15AM
Flight bound to Kota Kinabalu by MAS.
Home sweet home.
The whole trip cost me more or less around RM1,500 as we are always on a budget trip.
Bye bye 2019
