Tag: Danang
Morning Light, Sơn Trà, Da Nang
Da Nang from Đỉnh Bàn Cờ
Storm Clouds Roll In, Da Nang, Vietnam
The Dragon Bridge, Da Nang, Vietnam
Late Afternoon, Da Nang, Vietnam
I finally arrived home yesterday in Da Nang after more than two weeks in France. And I was treated to a beautiful Da Nang sky from the rooftop of my building. Good to be home. I took more than 2000 photos in France, more than half of which I have hardly glanced at. I expect some of those images will appear here in the days and weeks to come.
Gathering the Nets, Da Nang, Vietnam
Pagoda, Da Nang, Vietnam
Buddhist pagodas in Vietnam bear a resemblance to pagodas in China with one significant difference – the dragons decorating the roof tops. Virtually every pagoda in Vietnam has dragon decorations on the roof tops; they give Vietnamese pagodas their distinctive style. As far as I know, Buddhist temples elsewhere have nothing comparable. Late afternoon light on a crystal clear day has the roof top dragons at this small temple almost glowing. The Chinese characters say something like “golden hall of the ancestors”, but I am not sure of the Vietnamese name of this Da Nang pagoda.
Lunar New Year, Da Nang, Vietnam
Vietnamese decorate their homes with various kinds of plants and flowers during the celebration of Tết, the lunar new year. Today is new year’s eve (January 27) and yesterday was a madhouse at the temporary market to sell Tết decorations. This guy is all set with his rather small orange tree lashed to the back of his bike for the drive home. While this man is bringing his own decoration home, there was an army of delivery men carting away trees and plants often much larger than this one on the backs of motorbikes. There are some larger orange trees and more buyers in the background. Unfortunately, the fruit on these trees is for decoration, not eating. I’m told the trees are sprayed and pumped up with chemicals to keep the fruit small while the trees continue to grow. Definitely not for eating. Alas.