Clickbait title, for sure. 😀

Millions of tourists each year ignore my advice.

Sun World Ba Na Hills is a hill station and resort located just outside Da Nang.

The BIG attraction is the Golden Bridge opened 2018.

You’ve seen it on Instagram looking like this.

The reality is that the bridge is constantly packed with hordes, many of whom would happily throw you off in order to get the ideal photo location. To them I say …

I DID throw some competitors over the edge to get my own iconic pic.

Best advice is to go to one of the less crowded Golden Bridge imitators in the Philippines, China, or elsewhere. 😀

I got mine already. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

In fact, I found more hands in the resort. Since I was alone, I’m assuming this area was not open to tourists. Oh well.

Criticism of Ba Na Hills, referred to by some as “Fairyland,” centers on it being an inauthentic, overcrowded, and overly commercialized theme park, with visitors finding the environment fake, the food uninspired, and the Golden Bridge experience ruined by throngs of people.

At one point I concluded, this is what TrumpLand would look like, if a theme park. 😀

Of course if Vegas kitsch amuses, you’ll have some laughs.

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The super popular tour from Da Nang starts with a visit to a gift shop en route. What else?

Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed learning about pearls and precious woods.

You take a cable car up to the mountain peak. It’s the  “longest non-stop single track cable car“, at 5,801 metres. In fact, this attraction has 6 cable cars now. They need more.

Massive, impossible construction is underway. Our tour guide is very disappointed. He predicts it will be a disaster when finished.

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Here’s how it looks now.

The concept is mocking up European-style architecture.

BUT I found the hundreds of pieces included quite random.

There are TWO giant floral dresses that you can try on.

I WAS impressed with the Sun Kraft Beer factory tour.

BUT I had to sit through some below average dance and terrible live music in order to collect my free french fries. 😀

Giant Buddha. Check.

And I was intrigued with whatever this is …

Unsurprisingly, the cable cars stopped running just before close due to potential lightning. Staff and tens of thousands of visitors were stuck.

We did get down eventually. A beautiful full moon night.

BUT I missed my night bus to whereverI’mgoingnext.

If you too want to NOT listen to my advice, here’s their promotion VIDEO.

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