Hoi An Stories


Tailors

Hoi An has a lot of tailors to make whatever you want for clothes. I am going to look into getting a suit made while I am here if they can mail it when it is done. I was talking to a Kiwi yesterday and he said his brother in law places an order in the afternoon and had it the next morning. It was a silk suit for about 100USD. A modern looking one as wel...


Hoi An

I haven't been here long, but you can definitely see the French colonial influence here in Hoi An. I am going to go out later and get some pictures of it, but I have a dive trip scheduled for today! On the way from Saigon to here, I traveled to Da Lat and Nha Trang. Da Lat is a Vietnamese tourist destination up in the mountains about 1500m in elevati...


Another day of shopping, pedicures and eyeglasses

After an early morning breakfast where we ate enough for a family of six, we wandered the resort, taking photos and admiring the sights. On the stone path to our room we pass several little shops, apparently rented to local craftspeople who sell their wares to the hotel guests. One store sold silk flipflops and other handmade shoes and bags. I assum...


A quaint, historic city

My internal time clock still hasn't changed so I'm rising each "morning" at about 2am. By the time breakfast is served at 6am (which I'm sure for everyone else is crazy early) I'm so hungry I'm about ready to eat the table. The good news is I saw an incredible sunrise this morning and took a walk on the beach - just me and the guy who leads the water ...