Ban Co Peak

This guide to Ban Co Peak, the highest point in Da Nang atop Son Tra mountain, follows the legend of two immortals who once sat here playing Chinese chess on a board cut straight into the rock, watched over by the old radar station locals call the Eye of Indochina. It traces how the game played out, the fairy women who appeared on the beach at Tien Sa far below, and what became of the two players. Turn around at the summit to see the old war-era masts still crowning the ridge behind you.