This is not a road for people who
suffer from vertigo! I lurched in the front passenger seat between stomach
wrenching fear and hugging my knees throughout this 21 km long mountain pass on
Vietnam National Road 1A.
In places Hai Van was covered the mists
that rise from the sea, reducing visibility and my anxiety
The twisting road on the pass has long
been a challenge for drivers (no ours though) traveling between the cities of
Huế and Đà Nẵng. I was relieved when we took the Hai Van Tunnel on the return
journey back to Da Nang.
The Hai Van Pass has been of major tactical
importance, the north-south divide. Since the Second Century he who controls
the pass controls the country. I was pleased, eventually, to regain control of
my fear on the downwards stretch of this road, which Jeremy Clarkson described
as one of the finest coastal roads in the world.
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| Working the fields |
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| Fishermen on the estuary |
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| Pulling away from the bank |
FOOT NOTE
This was part of a wonderful two-week
stay in Vietnam in July, we were based in Hoi An, half way up the countries
long and exciting coast, about 1000 km north of Ho Chi Min City (Saigon).
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