Japanese Covered Bridge Hoi An

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 …

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 …

Hoi An, a lovely old town thankfully untouched by the war, with beautiful old streets and peaceful cafes to sit and watch the world go by. This was how John remembered Hoi An and enthused about it throughout the planning stages of the trip. Thus far, Vietnam hadn't quite Hoi An, a lovely old town thankfully untouched by the war, with beautiful old …

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We left our hotel at 8:00am; to make our way to the Ancient Town of Hoi An, about 10 000 people live in the Ancient town. In the 16^th and 17^th centuries, Hoi An was the International trading centre in Southern Vietnam. Foreign merchant ships came to Hoi An in great numbers, for annual commercial fairs that …

Loved this place! We cruised into Hoi An on
the back of motorbikes as we finished up our three day tour. We checked into a
hostel-style hotel called Greenfields, probably wouldn’t highly recommend it
but it did have a pool and free cocktails during happy hour which was good. We
immediately contributed our support to the …

We finally managed to take a journey without any problems (well apart from a broken seat)! Even better when we arrived the sun was shining. We heard the sun wasn't likely to last for long so we hired bikes and headed to the beach for the last part of the afternoon where we managed to swim and soak up some sun.

In the evening we headed …

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Today we woke up at around 7 AM, and left our hotel at 8 AM. We stayed in Hoi An for a while before going to Da Nang, and we stopped at the ancient city. 10 000 people live in the ancient city. Hoi An was a huge shipping port hundreds of years ago, therefore there are many things in the ancient city. Our first stop was the Hoi An …

Hello from Hoi An, by far my most favourite place so far!

So we arrived at 6pm after the coach driver sped the entire way here...whilst eating fruit and smoking I might add, and we saw Philip getting onto the bus! We had only seen him the night before in Hue and agreed to meet up in Cambodia. We got picked up by a taxi sent from our hotel …

Ja, da har vi ankommet den lille landsbyen (som ikke var så liten som vi trodde;-) som vil være vårt hjem de neste 2-3 mnd. Planen er å bo på hotell i et par uker, bli litt kjent, knytte kontakter, finne en leilighet eller hus og ha littebitt ferie.

Hotellet vårt er jo ikke helt som på bilde for å si det sånn (bildene på nettet må være …

After a 'race against time' visit to the post office in Hue, we got our sleeper bus down to Hoi An, which is where we are now staying. The whole of the old town is a UNESCO Heritage site, and you know how we love a UNESCO site!

We were able to meet up with our friends Coco and Kate who had travelled on ahead from Hanoi, and spent the day …

... 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 ...