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Sun World - Not! Yesterday the 4 "Vietnam Vagrants" (our group What's App handle) ventured to Sun World, a mountaintop theme park about 30 minutes west of Da Nang in the Ba Na Hills. I met Russ (Rusty) who has joined Carl and Iman for a week during his travels in SE Asia. He is a blogger/content creator whose main work is a real estate trade newsletter that has subscribers in Canada, the US and Central America. An interesting fellow.  The weather was supposed to be sunny when we booked, but as the Mr or Ms Fickle Weather here can turn on a dime, it did. The locals tell me that this Jan-Feb has been onee of the coolest and wettest in recent memory. We set out in cloudy conditions with occasional sprinkles of rain. Picture taking was a lost cause as the fog was so thick. Even trying to capture buildings was usually a no go. So some of these pics I grabbed from the Internet.  The park is a 4 level complex, the topmost being at 1500 m above sea level at the very top. Ba Na tr...

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