May 18 – Da Nang
Sleep ok dorm quiet, rise 9. short dipshit w aspergers gave me shit for taking plastic cup to make coffee so tell him to f off.. Made improvised gear page. Gmail malfunction pastes random words in top line. Pray at Da Nang cathedral. Han market smoothie 20k, BBQ noodles 35k. Checkout Dragon/Ikigai/Poiski/Snite shite hostel 11:35am, got handwritten apology letter from short aspergers, get 100k deposit. Work on site add disclaimer page on fitness/basics. Leave hostel with 4 names at 12:35pm. Walk next door to Garden Capsule, easy check-in pay 119k with PCMC. Decent dorm but locker drawer malfunction. Continue working on site, fitness p2. 2pm Han market again smoothie, walk around look for food awhile, 45k pho weak. Work on 3rd floor beside cafe, fitness p3, finish Arequipa. Push workout on small terrace just me: regular pushups 2x50, feet-to-wall HSPU 3x6 tough, dips using chairs 10,9,18, 1-arm pushups 3x15, feet on stool diamond pushups 2x10, tricep extensions 2x9. Solid session 7/10. Haircut at barber shop couple blocks over 100k good cut tip 10k. Shower rest, decent productivity. 7:30 try to eat at Dookki crazy line, strange how Dalat was empty. Eat local pho by mall 40k weak, try Texas chicken fast food in mall 49k. Continue working on site, build Chiang Mai page. Floor 3 cafe closes at 11, too hot downstairs. Bed early.
May 19 – Da Nang
Couldn’t sleep long time, used extra blanket to support knees, slept ok. Rise 10:40. Still no visa pin from mom, pay another night 119k. Chat with older HK guy over 1hr, didn’t do any work. 12:40 drop laundry at cheap place 10k/kg. Smoothie on street, Han market com ga pork 35k, get another smoothie. Back to hostel, fat girl asking me to close washroom door. Book Kontiki hostel for tomorrow, floor 3 cafe closed. Chill by reception table too low, create workout-locator tool for site. 3pm head out, grab another smoothie same outdoor spot only 15k papaya, skip lunch. Chill on terrace refine workout-locator tool, tough to upgrade, shoulder mobility while running code. 5:45 grab laundry only 25k. Dookki lineup again wait 25min, eat lots of chicken and 2 rounds of hotpot stuffed. Walk past Dragon Bridge to Tran Thi Bridge. TSX closed Vic Day. Polish workout locator on terrace. 10:30 cafe closed, create packing tool in lobby, chat more with HK finance guy.
May 20 – Da Nang
Sleep bit better, mattress not great. Rise 9:10. Mom sent HT visa pin. Cafe in lobby chat with HK guy, work on packing tool. 10:40 grab smoothie 24k, com ga on street 30k stuffed. Checkout Garden Capsule 11:50, unique hostel with cafe and roof bar but bad lockers n poor common space, leaking ceiling in shower room. Chill bit more in lobby work on packing tool, chat with HK guy. Kontiki cancelled booking. Activate HT visa downstairs. Book new hostel Sujet 117k Agoda, book flight Hanoi to Chiang Mai Jun 20 AirAsia on Agoda 1.84M VND cost 99 CAD. Chill longer chatting with Joe HK finance guy, almost finish packing tool. Leave Garden Capsule 2:40. Walk south to Sujet, checkin 2 ppl annoying pay +200k deposit, has water but plywood lockers, dorm stinks. Two people took photos of passport, annoying. Grab smoothie 30k and banh mi 15k on main street. Walk around, bad traffic. Try to work on packing tool frustrated not making progress. 6:40 grab pina juice, walk south to Cho Moi market. Grab cheap shredded chicken rice 25k, bad traffic. Walk back, don’t like hostel or area. Lockers bad, no seats, poor security, free water only positive. Manually fix packing tool. Start build fitness p4 programming. 9:30 go out food again, local noodles 25k pork. Finish fitness p4 programming.
May 21 – Da Nang
Dorm poor: zero shelf space, thin mattress, bad locker. Rise 8:40.. Make cafe with free hot water, try to fix logo link to home, different sizes annoyed. 10:30 grab smoothie 25k, shredded chicken rice 35k with hairs. Checkout Sujet hostel 11:20, nice aesthetics but lacking function. Continue working on fitness section, fix title in header. Leave Sujet 1pm. Walk across Dragon Bridge sunny and hot. Arrive Kon Tiki 1:25pm, can’t check in til 2. Keep working on site. 2pm pay 101k cash, decent bed in dorm, key lockers better than last 2, no drinking water. Finish header fixes on 4 fitness pages. Walk around for food hot, find local spot pork chop rice 35k solid. Work in dorm room with AC only 1 desk. Build blog post #2 “Travel for 700 USD a Month.” Shower nap nice. 6:30 dusk walk south along river, gym wanted 100–150k per day. View S Phuot hostel, negotiated 130k, padlockers with screws, busy area, get pho next door 35k. Walk along beach, view Ikigai hostel only 90k close to beach, decent lockers no water. Reach roundabout with 2 pullup bars, quick workout: chest-to-bar pullup 1x7, 2 sets of 3 muscle-ups + 7 pullups, inverted leg raise 1x8. 4.5/10. Walk west to night market, feels like Thailand. Another smoothie 25k, get Viet tiger balm small 10k. Work in dorm restructure site into subfolders, work over 2hr.
May 22 – Da Nang
Sleep ok dorm quiet. Rise 8:20. Coffee, toast and eggs in lobby. Convert all JPGs into webp, compress site from 15 to 8Mb. Phone stopped charging, keep working in dorm til 10:40, ChatGPT keeps changing page links and numbers without asking. Walk around for food, smoothie in market 20k, same pork chop place 35k. Checkout Tiki 11:50, laptop stopped charging, Oakley main zipper stuck. Walk to Rom Cafe, said they don’t sell tickets. Check 12Go, no tickets left for 81k minibus today. 12:50 try to sneak on bus but got caught. Walk back along beach, Ikigai Beach hostel from yesterday, pay 90k at 1:20, can’t check in til 2, chill in dorm use locker as table. Buy ticket for tomorrow to Hoi An from Rom Cafe, HT visa fail, PCMC worked, 84k cost 4.5 CAD. Check in at 1:50, use 2 locks for locker desk. 2pm eat across street chicken drum rice good marrow 40k. Walk around area hot. Hostel light work in dorm locker. Shower nap good. 6pm bored, local spot next door has Wi-Fi and smoothies 20k pina mango, start build mobility-generator tool. 6:30 walk along beach to quiet area for speed workout: jog 4.5min, 9 drills longer, 3x5 broad jumps, 3 accelerations, 2 stride-to-sprints, bit wiped. Get free water by fancy market twice. Spots across street closed. Walk to S Phuot street yesterday cheap spots, 40k beef noodles decent. Another smoothie on busy street. Shower rest, wait for shorts to dry. Work more in locker til 12:30.
May 23 – Hoi An
Couldn’t sleep, guy snoring in corner. Rise 8:30, guy still snoring. Work in locker upgrade new mobility tool, reception girl tried to move my chair. 10:30 grab smoothie downstairs 20k, chicken noodles 30k, another spot across street solid. Keep working on site another 30min addictive. Checkout Ikigai hostel, weak place but has potential. Fill water again at upscale market. Walk along beach to Rom Cafe. Pina smoothie 35k relaxed. Van arrived early, left. Arrive Hoi An around 1:20pm. Walk into Dom hostel using booking 124k. Work on site. 2:30 walk out grab smoothie and com ga 55k. Walk to river, super touristy and hot. More chill than Da Nang. Shower nap hard. 6:30 work on site, got PDF export working on mobility tool. 7:30 grab local shredded chicken on main street
May 24 – Hoi An
Slept faster, pounding in morning from construction. Rise 7:50, grab cafe downstairs. Publish blog posts 2 and 3. Take breakfast scrambled eggs with bread and peanut butter—solid free breakfast, solid hostel. Work a bit more, rest in bed til 12:20 room service. Grab more food local com ga 40k. Visit Hoi An museum, Hoi An park hot, smoothie 20k with green tea. Chill in room with AC, almost finish main blog post “Best Cities for Nomad Athletes.” 3:30 go out for more food, same smoothie place pina juice (never pineapple smoothie), try weird chicken place with dogs—com ga scraps 40k not great but cute dogs, can’t compare with Dalat chicken spot. Grab banh mi on hostel corner 20k. Work more on nomad athlete post, ChatGPT keeps changing image links bug. Shower rest not sleepy. 7:40 walk to Hanh Cafe, no afternoon bus. Nicer spot for last night in Hoi An: poke bowl on Thaiphien main street 75k with carrot juice 30k, got overcharged 5k, pay 113k visa. Walk through old town no motorbikes for once. Viendu Travel to Hue pay 150k cash tomorrow 1pm at Tennis and Coffee. Walk around river nice scene with lanterns and boats. Another 3 mango pastries 20k. Work in dorm awhile finish nomad athlete post. Clean up blog homepage.