Vinh Hung Resort Hoi an

Moved to the Hoi An Resort today so Hels can have a good rest and let tablets work. The lovely staff from our hotel agreed to move our bags and we set off to walk to the resort through some great streets of Vietnamese houses and shacks. Wherever you go ...

... and thus the air conditioning was "spotty."  With temperatures close to 100, we chose to head down the road to the Vinh Hung Riverside resort. After checking in and turning the A/C on full blast, we trekked into town to sample some local Hoi An ...

... more drinks and H went back for the jacket to match the trousers! Finally dinner! Tam Tam quality 3.5/5 service 3/5 val 4 money 4/5 ambiance 3/5 total 13.5/20 Vin Hung Resort ambiance 2.5/5 service 2.5/5 room 3/5 breakfast 3/5 total ...

... for a while and it was nice to catch up and sort of touch base. So random, but Yea, Sewanee's Right! At at the Vinh Hung restaurant and walked to the river. It's so pretty and there are so many shops, restaurants, vendors, musicians, and just people. ...

... The sauce is supposedly a recipe that only one family knows how to make.   After ordering one plate we received some a slight laughter from our waitress as we asked for another two.  We stayed at the Vinh Hung Resort; ...

... China Beach (I love the smell of Napalm in the morning beach) to Hoi An on the central Vietnamese Coast and check into the Ving Hung Riverside Resort. We have been on a bit of a wind down since we landed in Hue as our trip has been non stop so far. When ...

... hour and then it was off to Cargo for lunch.  After lunch we headed to get some shoes made from Everybodys Shoes in Ha Bi Hung Street.  Not the best of bloke to deal with, he was snotty nosed and had a horrible cough.  Next time we should ...

... An: Got up after a restless night attempting to sleep on the hardest mattress in existence. This resort is located on a little island across the bridge from Hoi An old town. We chose to stay here because of our guidebook's recommendation, but the reality ...

... that over with. It's what everyone says, and it's true. After leaving crazy-busy, polluted, and frankly, ugly Hanoi, Hoi An's charming old quarter, full of charming French Colonial buildings, alongside the charming river with its charming boats is quite ...

... bullet holes and batteries in the old American bunkers used on the front line in the Vietnam war.   Stopped at a seaside resort in the afternoon for lunch. Huge waves had attracted a small surfing community. Waves reminded us of the last scene in ...

... slip the flocking hawkers (try that three times fast) and share a cab with a German couple to their four star hotel, the Hoi An Riverside. After Hue, four star sounded right on time. The place was pretentious and stuffy, but well-manicured and slick so ...

... (If you haven't figured it out yet, Hue is pronounced 'hway" in Vietnamese) We had previously arranged private transportation from Hue to Hoi An through a woman named Ha, a travel agent based in Danang. Our driver spoke no English, and since we had only ...

Been to Nha Trang and now in Hoi An. Nha Trang is a beach resort basically and it as nice sandy beaches though we noticed its starting to get quite dirty and there's a lot of rubbish in the water. Got sunburnt, again. SPF 81 sunscreen and an SPF 30 shirt ...

... be afraid to seek medical advise in Vietnam if our treatment was anything to go by. Went back to Hotel and I booked us 5 days at a Beach resort down the road so we will have our week in one place in Hoi An a bit earlier than we expected. In this way if ...

... the whole train falls over into the gorge below.... silly yes I know...... From Da nang, a taxi took us 45 mins to Hoi an..... I insisted on an air conditioned car and the scouts for the taxi insisted that the car had one......the driver even ...

... mum climbing the steep stair at the Perfume Pergoda, playing chicken with the traffic in Hanoi and now wading through the flooded waters of Hoi An. Tomorrow we are booked in for a cooking class if we can get to it, as the Old Quarter is flooded tonight ...