Look!Theres Fido! Where? In sections on the table

Trip Start Dec 01, 1999

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Trip End Aug 31, 2000

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Tuesday, December 28, 1999

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Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya

Today the group had a free day today to explore the town and its surroundings.

We had become good friends with our group leader by now and a few of us decided to meet up later for a river cruise. We spent a lot of the morning in one of my favorite places in the world, the Asian Market Place. We walked for hours up and down the isles. The Asian Market place was so new to me then. I remember the excitement and amazement I felt at all the colours, the smells and all the 'things' before me.

The fruit and vegetable section was full of newness.

It was like staring at a Technicolor rainbow of new fruits. The meat section left nothing to the imagination. Fido was waiting for you in the cage behind the stall wagging his tail waiting to be chosen...for what? There he was again in full form, skinned, tail and all.

There he was again in sections all over the table.

Then there were the stalls full of colourful fabrics and clothes. Then there were the other stalls full of 'things' and bits N pieces. Then there was the people all walking and squatting. Even today, six years later I remember that morning in the Hoi An market place. Asian markets still fill me full of excitement and wonder.

That was the day my love affair with the old and wrinkled women began!

After we finally freed ourselves from the market place we met the others for lunch and then headed down to the river to board a little tour boar. We spent most of the afternoon drifting along the Thu Bon River. We stopped to watch boat builders creating huge strange looking wooden boats. We stopped to watch crafters building furniture and wooden sculptors. We past farmers ploughing fields with oxen and other boats filled with Vietnamese all yelling 'hellow' to us.

It was such a beautiful cruise and I recommend it to anyone who goes to Hoi An.

That night after a relaxing meal we joined the crowds outside on the little cobble stones to watch the practicing of the coming New Year. Chinese Dragons (as I know them, in China it's known as Lion Dancing, don't confuse it with Line Dancing like I have!) swayed and danced to and fro between the crowds of people on either side.

It was the perfect end to a perfect day.

Beers N Cheers toya...shane