Hoi An, Vietnam Travel Blogs

... a great way to get out of the baking sun and off the burning white sands. On the first day however we really experienced what Hoi An is all about - Tailoring. I would guess that around 50% of shops in town are tailors who will make just about anything ...

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth
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... is definitely not "Same same... but different" is the food and the wonton soup in particular.  Food in Hoi An is known all around Vietnam with local specialties like White Rose and Cau Lao and both are really scrummy.  But it was the wonton soup ...

A travel blog entry by mikeandmarisha
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This morning we got up early for the drive to My Son (pron. me son), ruins from the Cham empire 45 km south of Hoi An. The drive down was fascinating. School starts at seven (we left at 6:30) so everyone was out and about and we got to see the country " ...

A travel blog entry by kally563
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... other for hours at a time during bus/train/car/plane/tuk-tuk rides. We separate only to go to the bathroom. Pretty frightening, I know. Hoi An is a charming place to spend a couple of days. Any more than that and you'll either get really tired of the ...

A travel blog entry by luolan
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Hello. What I was looking forward to most on this trip was visiting Hoi An and the Nguyen family. I met them at the chopsticks store on my last visit. They invited me to stay in their second house. In fact, they insisted several times. Normally I ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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... all the furniture to an upper floor when they are anticipating disaster.  A typhoon had come through southern vietnam just days before we were in Hoi An, apparently it was really bad and cause lots of flooding.  There was a marker on the wall for ...

A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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... not know how to make good desserts using dairy products. The next day we take a tour of some of the most interesting buildings in Hoi An by buying a 75000 Dong (GBP3.00) ticket that gives us access to 5 places of our choice in and around the old town. ...

A travel blog entry by rachel_john
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... in South East Asia, sells all sorts of fruits and vegetables along with less perishable products such as pots, buckets, and pans. Wandering Hoi An, I felt perfectly safe, in spite of my carrying upwards of 2 million Dong in Donna and my money belts. As I ...

A travel blog entry by kally563
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... , a place that when I visited a few years ago I figured would be a pretty close approximation of Katie's heaven. Hoi An is a wonderful historic city with cobblestone streets lined with tons of well-preserved temples, ancient clan meeting houses, historic ...

A travel blog entry by globedecker
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... Mekong Delta (Chau Doc) was very pleasent. Even in Ho Chi Minh City the people were not that persistent. Maybe it's that Hoi An is a tourist center. Still, the town maintains a pleasant atmosphere. Just a few hours ago Sarah and I were wandering about ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
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... and long sandy beaches and crystal blue waters on our left. We passed China Beach in Danang where the US first landed in Vietnam. We arrived in Hoi An at lunch time and were dropped off at a brand new luxury hotel with a huge pool. We were trying to get ...

A travel blog entry by lizandsimon
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... woo) quite in the centre and had a bit of a nap then went out for breakfast at a handy place next door to the hotel. Hoi An is a beautiful place, during the war (which we are now experts on) both sides had an agreement to not bomb it which they both ...

A travel blog entry by emmaandemma
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... men wearing traditional black robes and hats playing board games on the sidewalks which really suited the atmosphere and look of old Hoi An. We came across a really fun game where you're blindfolded with a mask and have to whack a small pottery jar with a ...

A travel blog entry by lizandsteve
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... 5.30am for a flight back south to Ho Chi Minh City, and hopefully some sunshine. To round things off, Hoi An has to be the nicest town in Vietnam with the friendliest people, but, although the weather didn't help, eight days were a little too long and ...

A travel blog entry by escapetherace
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... tea set.   We then did the typical tourist thing and bought a couple of conical hats - well, 'when in Vietnam!'     Our 4 days in Hoi An had come to an end and we had to travel northwards to Da Nang to catch the flight down to Ho Chi ...

A travel blog entry by gonetilwhenever
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The Cantonese Assembly Hall is one of the many visually stunning and historically important buildings in Hoi An.  Would you like to hear all about it? Well, I got rid of my Vietnam guidebook, so I can't help you.  If it's really important to ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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... culture is better than another - but the contrast was quite confronting to see from behind the receptionist desk. During my time in Hoi An a large typhoon (hurricane / cyclone) was passing by 100 km away and so the weather was pretty bad. So I either ...

A travel blog entry by paul
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... trip to the beach. It's only about 5km to the beach, but we did a detour route to get some photos of the fantastic scenery around Hoi An. When we got down to the beach it was fantastic. We were the only people on the whole beach. It was deserted. We ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... evening meals.(Had cuttlefish on the scond night which was fabulous with the consistency of a hard boiled egg white) Food aside, Hoi An has some lovely well preserved old houses and assembly halls, a Japanese bridge and the architecture is a fusion of ...

A travel blog entry by grahamandrach
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... are being planted on the right. This is the first of two planting seasons for the area's rice farmers. We arrive at the Hoi An Trails Resort for two nights. Lauren and I take a break from the tour as we are exhausted and suffering from 'curious ...

A travel blog entry by naysay
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... to connect with the Vietnamese people. Even though I didn't know the language or the culture, I felt really welcomed and received. It didn't take long for me to scratch my itinerary for more time in Hoi An. Next, Kim Lahn and Bech Huyen. Eric

A travel blog entry by eric
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... because I've heard or read its name on so many films and books, but just passed through, as it looked a bit non descript. Reached Hoi An, where I wandered the streets, no longer willing to pay $10 for a room - and found a great room for $6. Hoi Ann is ...

A travel blog entry by shaunduvall
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... . On the way into town, a few folk from our group collected the new tailored clothing, bags and shoes they'd had made at Hoi An's famously well-priced tailors' shops. We'd resisted the temptation to have anything made - anyway, where would we pack a suit ...

A travel blog entry by idarich
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... all they are Buddhists and don't believe in mowing people down) whilst a man hung out of the door of the bus swinging his arms in an attempt to hit you. It is safe to assume that the bigger you are the more right you have to be there. It was while trying ...

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters
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... at cafes that frustrates me. I'd prefer just to get to the place sooner rather than stopping all the time. Anyway, I'm now in Hoi An and I'm staying in a really nice place called An Hoi hotel. A great room with A/C, fridge, TV, free internet and a marble ...

A travel blog entry by christosp
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It's $3 for a bus from Hue to Hoi An and it takes about 4 hours.  That's because it takes an hour to pick everyone up at their hotels in Hue, then there's an hour stop in the middle of the trip for some reason, then on to Hoi An.

A travel blog entry by dane
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... in the last few months.  I accent it with a $3 pair of flops and a hat that smells like a yak vomited on another yak. Hoi An also has incredible food and cheap local beer.  If I were much of a drinker, I could have done terrible things to my ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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After leaving behind the more or less average beach town of Nha Trang, I continued north to the shopper's paradise of Hoi An City which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  This is where everyone (but me apparently) comes to buy custom made clothing ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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... costs whilst entering them. There is a real blend of cultures here, between Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese. Hoi An is the fist Chinese settlement in Vietnam. Next morning we went to My Son (I think named by Dell Boy), which are Cham temples from a ...

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea
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... Thu Bon river blah blah blah." But this ain't a Sunday newspaper. Yet. Before the boats became too big for the river, Hoi An was a successful trading port with China and Japan in the 1800s. Now it's a tourist hotspot of tailors and art galleries (and ...

A travel blog entry by dazzla
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