Hoi An (Vietnam)
Our longest stay in any one place was the river side town of Hoi An. We arrived on the 30th of March and didn’t leave for 7 days. Why, you may ask? Because there is a ridiculous amount of shopping.
We hit them, and we hit them HARD! Custom tailored suits, dresses, shirts and pretty well anything else you can imagine. Many hours were spent on the internet and thumbing through fashion catalogues. After a design was decided on all you had to do was pick the fabric and within hours it was done. Amazing. Here we are leaving one of the tailors, Adong Silk.
After our little shopping binge it seems we are officially no longer “back-packing”. Luckily for us Hoi An has an abundance of luggage stores.
After we got the shopping out of our system it was time to see the sites. Hoi An is one of the oldest civilizations in all of South East Asia. Recently excavated sites indicate there was human habitation around 2,200 years ago. From the 2nd to the 10th centuries this region was home to the kingdom of Champa. This is a picture of one of their temples, the temple of My Son. One of the most astounding things is how these people were able to get the bricks to stick together. Evidence suggests that they came up with some local botanical concoction that provided them with a mortar like substance. Experts have been unable to recreate their recipe.
Although fun to watch eat and swing from trees, the local monkeys continue to ruin our photos by posing in the background ...sometimes with their disgusting tongues sticking out. Filthy animals!
And that concluded the educational portion of this trip…time for the beach! We rented motorbikes, got lost, nearly ran out of fuel, but eventually found the ocean. Damn we’re good.
In an effort to stimulate the local economy Wade graciously allowed a Vietnamese masseuse to massage his feet while sipping a refreshing drink. There’s a sense of satisfaction in knowing you are helping people.
Here is a look down Cua Dai Beach (30 km of white sand) and the South China Sea . Further north up this beach is where the famed “China Beach” is located. It is said that the American military would hang out at this beach for some R&R in between their missions.
And finally, sometimes when you misbehave in Vietnam…you get a “time out”.
We hit them, and we hit them HARD! Custom tailored suits, dresses, shirts and pretty well anything else you can imagine. Many hours were spent on the internet and thumbing through fashion catalogues. After a design was decided on all you had to do was pick the fabric and within hours it was done. Amazing. Here we are leaving one of the tailors, Adong Silk.
After our little shopping binge it seems we are officially no longer “back-packing”. Luckily for us Hoi An has an abundance of luggage stores. 
After we got the shopping out of our system it was time to see the sites. Hoi An is one of the oldest civilizations in all of South East Asia. Recently excavated sites indicate there was human habitation around 2,200 years ago. From the 2nd to the 10th centuries this region was home to the kingdom of Champa. This is a picture of one of their temples, the temple of My Son. One of the most astounding things is how these people were able to get the bricks to stick together. Evidence suggests that they came up with some local botanical concoction that provided them with a mortar like substance. Experts have been unable to recreate their recipe.
Although fun to watch eat and swing from trees, the local monkeys continue to ruin our photos by posing in the background ...sometimes with their disgusting tongues sticking out. Filthy animals!And that concluded the educational portion of this trip…time for the beach! We rented motorbikes, got lost, nearly ran out of fuel, but eventually found the ocean. Damn we’re good.
In an effort to stimulate the local economy Wade graciously allowed a Vietnamese masseuse to massage his feet while sipping a refreshing drink. There’s a sense of satisfaction in knowing you are helping people. 
Here is a look down Cua Dai Beach (30 km of white sand) and the South China Sea . Further north up this beach is where the famed “China Beach” is located. It is said that the American military would hang out at this beach for some R&R in between their missions. 
And finally, sometimes when you misbehave in Vietnam…you get a “time out”.
posted by The Adventures of Rena & Wade | 10:24 PM
1 Comments:
Silly Dossers. Did you lose your reading skills with all of this travel business...we said further north up the beach.
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