Hoi An

It was an interesting trip from Hue to here on a dilapidated bus. About half the seats were broken! Luckily we were one of the earlier pick ups so managed to get vaguely OK seats that we perched on with our fingers crossed!

Hoi An has a pedestrianized (heaven!) historic centre which is especially pretty at night with its lantern decorations. It used to be a major trading centre, before the river silted up and has many old houses and meeting halls, some which were built by other nationalities, mostly Chinese and Japanese, who often traded here.

We visited "My Son" temple which was a 4th to 10th century Hindu royal complex in a jungley area. It was badly bombed in the war and you could easily make out big craters as you walked around.

 

a lantern shop

 

Lady keeping the silk weaving traditions alive

 

The Japanese bridge in the old town