Hi friends!
How was your weekend? Have you made plans yet? Me, personally just have a fantastic Saturday, maybe it is the best weekend in this year so far.
After finishing a week of quarantine for contact with Covid-19 patient, I am now free to go out, and nothing better than a gorgeous sunrise on the beach, so I chose to get up ready to watch the sun show up. I decided on Nam O Beach as my destination. But here's the thing: 7 months ago, I went to Nam O Beach to see the dawn at 5 a.m., and it was incredible. But now that it's winter, the sun rises considerably later than it does in the summer, and the direction changes as well, so I went to the wrong area at the wrong time. It was pit black and had no sign of the sun would be in this direction. I still snap one shot as my first image that morning.
I quickly grab my phone and open the Astronomy app to check the sunrise direction. Then I realized that I needed to travel back 20 kilometers to the Son Tra peninsula to view the sunrise, and that's when my trip actually began.
After 30 to 35 minutes, I finally came to where I wanted to go. I drove past the Linh Ung pagoda 1 kilometer and chose randomly a place that has a wide view was where I wait for the sun.
I had to wait until 6:15 a.m. to see the sun, according to the Astronomy app, so I started warming up with some shots. It was 5:40 a.m., and there were a lot of water droplets on the grass that looked like little diamonds. The beach breeze caused these roadside weeds and flowers to sway slightly. Everything feels as if something is about to go big.
The first glimmer of orange light this morning is one of the highlights of the day. From behind the clouds, the sun has finally appeared. That's a fireball slowly rising from the clouds below, lighting brightly on everything on the ground. After that, everything is changed. I couldn't find the words to describe how I felt at the time. I had to wait more than seven months to relive this moment. Every silly error, such as blindfolding go to Nam O, has been forgotten; they were necessary to build up to this point, and they were all worth it.
Many people like me, cycle to this place for exercise and watch the first moment of the day too. When the sun is high, that is when they drive home and prepare for their weekend.
On my way home, I noted that the city look so dreamy because of the thick fog in the morning. Those buildings were shining by the sun and they slowly come out from the fog. It was like they were floating on the clouds. Very beautiful!
My journey to the Son Tra Peninsula has come to an end. This is a wonderful gift for me after the quarantine period and goodbye to Da Nang before I come back to my hometown for the Tet holiday.
I apologize for the lack of road shots when I drive here or around where I stand; I come here alone and am not a good documentary photographer; I come here for the sun, that's all. Thank you for reading, and I will try to do this more specifically for you in future blogs.
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Thank you for reading and supporting me. Have a nice day!
PEACE!