11-08-2026 Dinner with the English Club of Da Nang

Eric worked all day and then went to a 7 o'clock dinner. There is a local young lady named Julie. 6 nights a week she picks a good restaurant to meet at for dinner. Then after dinner, she picks a coffee shop or bar to meet at. She calls it the English Club of Da Nang. It is interesting because you meet people from all over the world. On this night there was a guy from New Zealand, a girl from India, a guy from Sweden, and a guy from Canada. It is amazing because they all travel the world and it is a great opportunity to ask them what they think of different countries.

Travel Facts

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026.

Location and route: Da Nang, Vietnam; an evening out for the English Club dinner and a coffee-shop gathering afterward. The map at the bottom shows the recorded evening route.

Dinner: 7 pm; fried beef pho, followed by a coffee-shop gathering.

Getting around: Street-level exploring around Da Nang.

GPS recording: 6:25 pm–10:58 pm, Vietnam time (UTC+7). This is the recording window, not the duration of the dinner or the full day.

Photos

They are constructing big tall buildings everywhere. No doubt they are planning something on this empty lot on the left. The building on the left is under construction. This pic was taken right across from my Hotel.

This is the restaurant that Julie chose for this night.

The turnout was smaller than usual because it was raining and there was some confusion about the restaurant that was chosen. The guy on the left was from Sweden and had lived for a few years in China, Georgia, and Turkey. The guy on the right was from Canada and had been travelling for 15 years.

I got the fried beef pho and it was tasty.

After that we gathered at a coffee shop.

These dinners are really fun because you don't have to think about what to do or where to eat......you just show up and listen to these people talk. When I tell them I am from America, Trump always comes up because he is viewed as a loose cannon. I tell them that I don't understand politics. A true statement.

It was about 11:00 pm and they had the sidewalk blocked off as they unloaded material to construct this building.

This steel was about ready to get unloaded by the crane. They must assemble the materials all night when less people are out and about.

These food carts are rolling restaurants. The guy has chairs and Bahn Mi sandwiches. He was rolling along and the food is still in the display. There are hundreds of these.

The skinny building to the left is our hotel. It is nine stories tall, but looks pretty small in comparison to the other ones.

Recorded Evening Route

The green route is the original GPS recording for the evening, from 6:25 pm to 10:58 pm Vietnam time.