Hội An 🏮👘🎏

We had a free day so decided to travel back to Hội An again. It’s about 40 minutes from Da Nang by scooter. Along the way we were hit with some intense rain and had to take cover at a cute little local cafe. 

Do you like our rain ponchos? Jared gave me the girlier color, but by default then he got the Asian-sized one.  It was a little small on him, haha. Like one of my previous posts said, Asia isn’t prepared for 6’2” people 😂

The rain passed and we went on our way. Hội An Is surrounded by rice fields and farms. The rice fields are usually flooded with muddy water and have raised walkways between. The little farm houses are surrounded by chickens, ducks, dogs, and water buffalo. 

We went back to the Ancient Town in Hội An to shop the markets. It’s a well preserved site with buildings and bridges across the canals, previously a busy international trading port, that dates back to the 15th century. It’s right along the Thu Bon River and every September they hold their Lantern Festival where thousands of people come to boat on the river and release paper lanterns. It also has some Japanese influence, which you can see in the temples and bridges.

  We always think it’s so funny to see stuff like this in markets. Just an entire chicken plucked and boiled - head and beak and everything! 

We also saw some cool bunkers from the Vietnam War. There’s cool war history stuff like this everywhere and you just have to kind of stumble upon it. They don’t put up signs to give directions, because there a lot of similar relics from the war spread everywhere. 

Overall it’s a cute little town with some cool history. As always, we enjoyed our time away from the touristy sites more than in them. It’s so intriguing to see real life and the people that live here, especially in these fishing and farming towns on the outskirts of the cities. 🇻🇳