Energy renewed, we are off on the shuttle to Old Town to visit 5/8 of the historic sites. You buy a ticket and they cut off a bit for each site. 5 of the 8 is enough. As a port, Hoi An has had a plethora of nations trading and Japanese and Chinese history (mainly Fujian) is everywhere. Superimposed on this is the French influence, but many of the old homes are preserved well and guides tell some fascinating stories. One home is still occupied upstairs by desendents of the original owners.
We see markings on the ground floor from water leels during monsoon, above my head! They move upstairs in the home for that season. The hardwoods used for construction are amazing. The roofs are costructed in Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese fashion and we learn the subtle differences.
Ted finally finds a fresh beer, at fifty cents a pop, and it's really just watery draft.
We find the Mermaid restaurant, also owned by famed Miss Vy. We compare the white rose dumplings, just as good. Back to shower, hit the pool, read under the trees, and at 5pm back into town for dinner at Miss Ly's. Not as good as Miss Vy, BUT we sit beside Wendy & Phil from Brisbane. They are taking a car to Hue Friday. We agree to go with them and split the cost. We are up for that. Add fortunately it works out OK with the driver, who will come down from Hue for us.
We get on the Internet, oh joy, how would we have donw this in years gone by, just booking as we go? Wendy has stayed at the Imperial Hotel on the Perfume? River in Hue before, it's good, so we get 50% off our room there through Agoda.
It starts to rain at bedtime. Is this a hint of things to come??
We see markings on the ground floor from water leels during monsoon, above my head! They move upstairs in the home for that season. The hardwoods used for construction are amazing. The roofs are costructed in Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese fashion and we learn the subtle differences.
Ted finally finds a fresh beer, at fifty cents a pop, and it's really just watery draft.
We find the Mermaid restaurant, also owned by famed Miss Vy. We compare the white rose dumplings, just as good. Back to shower, hit the pool, read under the trees, and at 5pm back into town for dinner at Miss Ly's. Not as good as Miss Vy, BUT we sit beside Wendy & Phil from Brisbane. They are taking a car to Hue Friday. We agree to go with them and split the cost. We are up for that. Add fortunately it works out OK with the driver, who will come down from Hue for us.
We get on the Internet, oh joy, how would we have donw this in years gone by, just booking as we go? Wendy has stayed at the Imperial Hotel on the Perfume? River in Hue before, it's good, so we get 50% off our room there through Agoda.
It starts to rain at bedtime. Is this a hint of things to come??
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