Absolutely. I agree. Thailand, best value medical care I've come across too. When they x-rayed my girl here in Vietnam, they didn't even cover her lap or chest with that lead blanket!
I really think Da Nang would be the place to be for quality of life while living in Vietnam. You know what you are doing. Frankly you have me a bit excited to come see it for myself after what you wrote.
Have you been to Ho Chi Minh? I heard Hanoi is nothing compared to Ho Chi Minh in regards to Traffic. But Hanoi is bad too...I just looked at a map of population density of Vietnam. Hanoi has a similar amount of people living there but Ho Chi Minh's people per square kilometer is double that of Hanoi!
Anyway, man, we came looking for an adventure. Got a bit more than we asked for. If I recall correctly you are leaving Thailand very soon. Best of luck with your move.
Thanks pal, the move has me nervous that's for sure. I've become so accustomed to TH that I don't know if I have it in me to fully integrate into another South East Asian society. I'll likely take the lazy route and mostly only hang out with other expats. I already learned one, one-country language and other than the country that is currently forcing me out, I have no use for it.
Plus Vietnamese sounds as though it is even harder than Thai.
I'll take it all in stride. I'm sure I'll miss a lot of things about LOS.
oh, by the way I have not been to HCMC but after just a short while in Hanoi I knew i didn't want to live there.