Photos of the Beautiful World Heritage Town of Hoi An

French colonial style meets Vietnam in this quaint World Heritage town.

 

Cao Lau… one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes

 

Chinese Temple

 

Welcome to Hoi An, a World Heritage town in Vietnam. Fishing traditional net in the background.

 

Japanese bridge

 

The French colonial architecture and colors may remind you of the Caribbean

 

A Christian cross and a Hindu swastica (not Nazi) mark this building. Interesting pairing? Was half the family Christian?

 

Japanese bridge from afar. You can pay for the multiuse ticket to cross it… Or walk around it like we did.

 

A traditional fishing net located near the center of Hoi An. We waited for a demonstration, but no one showed up!

 

In Vietnam, cafes aren't just on the street… they are in docked boats too!

 

quite a kite flying scene on the beach in Hoi An

 

this guy's kite had tubes that made different sounds in the wind… pretty cool

 

crazy Vietnam sunset

 

A child motorbike seat? Or is the child a solo rider? Where are the training wheels?!

 

 

lanterns everywhere in Hoi An

 

Lina in front of a Hoi An lantern shop

 

On the Hoi An bridge at night… lanterns everywhere

 

 

Slow shutter

 

A bar boat… awesome… 10K is ~50 US cents

 

Enjoying Bia Hoi on a boat in Hoi An

 

Dean enjoying the live band on the bar boat

 

Lina enjoying her free cocktail at Before and Now

 

On the ferry to Cam Kim island across from Hoi An

 

Hoi An from boat

 

a shipyard on Cam Kim island

 

a shipyard on Cam Kim island

 

drying crops of some sort… too long to be rice?

 

longer stalks of what we saw drying

 

riding past farmers planing rice

 

farmers planting rice

 

tractor preparing a rice field

 

new rice

 

a makeshift shrine for Buddha's birthday

 

2.5T limit? A lot of American vehicles would be disqualified on this bridge

 

A tomb overlooks the rice paddies

 

docking our boat back in Hoi An

 

An old lady sifts her crop

 

We discovered Che in Hoi An… a delicious mix of different sweets over ice

 

kids play in front of a Chinese style temple

 

A huge garden right in the middle of Hoi An

 

This garden in Hoi An makes for a lush picture

 

streets of Hoi An

 

streets of Hoi An

 

reflections of a boat on the river in Hoi An

 

An Asian tourist picturing himself in a cyclo

 

 

 

 

 

beautiful reflections of colonial Hoi An

 

 

lanterns of Hoi An make for a great nighttime reflection photo

 

Kids dressed in their finest traditional wear sell candles to tourists to put in the river

 

 

 

most luxurious bus rest stop ever… between Hoi An and Hue

 

Including a beach

 

with a cool abandoned life guard tower (that Lina took over)

 

With slow rolling waves and green hills

 

Lina in her tower

 

Hoi An from boat

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