A 9am start to drive to the World Heritage Centre of My Son, to see the Hindu temple ruins left by the Champa people when they were pushed south by the invading Buddhist Vietnamese people in the 13 th century. Building here went on continuously from the 4th century and there were 70 temples discovered and mapped by French archaeologists in the late 19th century. All but 20 of them were destroyed by American bombs, jettisoned prior to landing at Da Nang. Eventuall...

Up early to fly north to Da Nang. The airport was built by the Americans and some of their hangars are still in use. It was 39C at 10am but there is a breeze and the humidity level is lower than in the Mekong, where it was about 100%. We stopped to see the Cham sculpture museum, where the pieces excavated by the French at My Son temple complex are displayed. We'll be going there later. After a brief stop to paddle at the beach, we climbed the Marble Mountain to s...