11-11-2026 Digital Nomads, Beach Walks, and New Friends in Da Nang
One of the main attractions of coming to Da Nang is that it is widely regarded as one of the top destinations in the world for digital nomads. It is right on the beach, it is modern with very fast internet, has a zillion restaurants, and has one of the world's lowest cost of living. There are a lot of tech meetups and events going on in the city. Tech and AI are changing at warp speed. It is hard to figure it out and even harder to keep up with the daily changes. It is nice to be able to have discussions with people and see what they are up to. It took about 3 hours to cross-reference all known sources of event postings online. There are 20+ places where an event could be posted. AI was able to inventory events from all of these sources, then get all of the interesting events on a calendar. Today was the first of many meetups that Eric plans on attending.
Travel Facts
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Location and route: Da Nang, Vietnam; beachfront walking, a digital-nomad discussion, riverside construction, a beer with visiting Marines, and a group dinner, as described in the submitted captions.
Getting around: Walked about 10 miles wandering around the city.
Photos
It is monsoon season in Da Nang. That doesn't mean it rains all the time, it just means that the chances are better for rain. The temp was great and it rained off and on for most of the day. You can see that the pavement was dry at the moment.
The entire ocean front in Da Nang has a nice walking path on it.
I couldn't figure out what was going on with that pile of steel and stone. It must be storage for future use in the building they are constructing. Those big blocks of concrete were stacked up a couple of stories high, and there was a lot of steel I-beams at the bottom. It reminded me of kid's blocks, but scaled up for big boys.
This is what the walking path looks like and it goes for miles.
There is a lot of landscaping and artwork separating the path from the road.
Many hands make for light work. All of these people were doing landscaping. They were raking sand off of the grass then shoveling the sand into a little tarp. The 2 ladies carried it to the beach and dumped it. 7 people were all working together to get things looking good.
Everybody makes little carts that attach to a scooter to move stuff around with.
The meetup was just a discussion about what we were up to. The guy on the right organizes a Digital Nomad Fest that will be held in the spring. He also hosts this weekly discussion.
There was a massive assemblage of cranes, pile drivers, and cement pumpers. They are building something big it looks like. This building will overlook the river.
The workspace was very active with trucks coming and going and all these big machines were in action.
The lights have timers on them, which seems like a good idea.
I was walking along minding my own business and jamming to music in my earphones. There were 3 young marines that are stationed in Japan but were on a 30 day leave. One of them tracked me down and wanted me to have a beer with them because they said I looked like I was having a good time. They were pretty funny and we sat around for about 30 minutes shooting the shit.
They drive in these narrow alleys. Look how close the car is to the obstruction. I was walking and you have to sort of duck out of the alley to let them pass by.
6 days a week there is a Vietnamese lady that hosts a dinner. I joined up with them at this restaurant.
Recorded Route
The green route follows the original GPS recording from 1:40 pm on November 11 to 1:00 am on November 12, Vietnam time. Gaps in the source recording remain gaps.
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