Japanese Covered Bridge Hoi An

A scenic bus journey brought us to Hoi An. We checked into a hotel which bragged about its swimming pool. Unfortunately, said swimming pool was located in the lobby right next to the breakfast buffet - you practically fell in it when you walked in the door. For this reason we didn't venture into the pool. However, you can always rely on the Germans …

The first highlight of this leg of our journey aside from our beautiful hotel with a great view of the outskirts of the city and it's fields as well as a great swimming pool area was the buffet style breakfast that came along with it. For the first time in over a month we feasted like the food was going out of style! The food was great, but the …

HOI ANN WALKED AROUND TOWN. FISH MARKET, JAPANESE BRIDGE, POOL …

After a bumpy bus ride from Hué we were quite tired when we got to the picturesque city of Hoi An. Arriving there we were approached by a dozen hotel agents calling us to go to their shuttle bus for free to see their hotel. After checking some hotels on the map we decided to go to one that was near the old city center in case we had to look for …

We chill out in Da Nang for most of our second day there. Anna is still ill so we try and relax. We take a short walk around the town and visit a nice temple and pagoda, then watch some old fella's doing a spot of Thai Chi on the promenade. Da Nang is nice but becoming increasingly boring. We are looking forward to getting out of here and plan on …

It was time to seek somewhere a little quieter than the bustling city of Saigon so we headed North to Nha Trang by Train. In Vietnam the trains work like this:

Hard Seat= wooden Bench seat
Soft Seat= Cushioned seat
Hard Sleeper= Wooden bench beds with 6 to a room
Soft Sleeper= Cushioned beds with 4 to a room
Tourist …

We arrived at Hoi An stupidly early in the morning, after little sleep, due to me deciding to give up my nice comfy bed for a small squished one to a 6ft 5" Austrian guy. When we got off the bus, loads of people were shoving brochures at us and trying to get us to go to different places and it was all a bit chaotic, so we caved in and got in a …

Luego de nuestro periplo en Hue, tomamos un bus hacia Hoi An, tierra llena de sastres y con gran fama por su confección..aunque en realidad no iríamos a comprarnos nada. El viaje duró aprox unas 6 horas (para 100 kilometros...se pueden imaginar las carreteras, no?).

Hoi An es una pequeña ciudad que es patrimonio de la Unesco por su centro …

The journey to Hoi An was a 4 hour bus ride through some of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam. Lush jungle capped mountains, giving way to rice paddies on the lower slopes which ran down through long valleys almost reaching the shore, where turquoise waters crash along endless beaches.
After a while of this stunning contrast of …

I know that you have been waiting a while for a blog post. Sorry for the delay... After writing 5 in one day, I wanted to stay a way for a while and I have been very wrapped up in this sleepy little town...Since there are about 4 days to catch up on this is a long one with TONS of pictures. I am LOVING the comments, and have read every single one, …

... with its vibrants sights and smells, old women in conical hats slept between the vegetables and buckets of fish. Also the Japanese covered bridge which looks so picturesque in the middle of the town. Perhaps most impressive of all though was the arts ...

... vessel must operate by having a siphon built into the figure in the central part of the cup. We walk over the Japanese covered bridge at the far end of the town which is beautifully constructed from timber with coarse carvings. Half way over the ...

... ports. 50,000 Dong (under £2) would buy a ticket to visit five places of interest, including a 16th century Japanese Covered Bridge, various old private houses whose owners would act as guides and the Museum of Trading Ceramics, which was better ...

... significant rainfall to engulf the banks and adjacent streets. The first major attraction Jasper, Marjorie and I found was the Japanese Covered Bridge, the first of which was built on the site to link the community with the Chinese community on the ...

... we're allowed to use, and sightseeing at the old houses, Chinese assembly halls, temples and the Japanese covered bridge. We also visited the Hoi An orphanage the other day which was a depressing experience - the kids didn't seem very looked after or ...

... have helped Hoi An's old town be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Some of the highlights are:  the Japanese Covered Bridge, House at 77 Tran Phu and the Assembly Hall of the Fujian Chinese Congregation. I rented a motorcycle one day to ...

... lanes at night around the waterfront, it’s easy to imagine how it might have looked hundreds of years ago. The Japanese Covered Bridge that spans one of the little canals running into the river is a fine example of the town’s history. It ...

... 850 older structures and intact streetscapes just beg to be explored. They include merchants' homes, pagodas, public buildings, a Japanese covered bridge and a whole city block of colonnaded French buildings. In 1999 the old town was declared a World ...

... to be made up for me, at $10 a pop. I find out tomorrow whether its worth it. Went to Japanese Covered Bridge, 1 of the main attractions of Hoi An. Pathetic looking bridge which somehow got the ooh's and aah's from the Japanese tourists who were ...

... community houses (like temples) all over town, and they are quite interesting to visit. I walked back and forth over the Japanese covered bridge, checked out the rather odd little statues at each end - guardian dogs and monkeys. Hoi An is knowns for its ...