Hoi An

Hue was once the seat of the Vietnamese kings. It is a nice city dissected by the Perfume River, where dragon boats ply, bringing or taking tourist from its pier to or from the Thien Mu Pagoda. Other points of interest are the Imperial City (Citadel) where the Vietnamese kings reside and ruled from and the tombs of the Vietnamese kings.

The drive from Danang to Hue takes about 3 hours, with a lunch stop at a lakeside (lagoon) restaurant. The menu consists mainly of seafood items and the prices while not cheap, are not unreasonably expensive. It appears that most of the tour drivers will bring their customers here for lunch.

Today we had arranged for a private car to take us sight- seeing around Hoi An. We were supposed to visit My Son a Unesco Site consisting of the Champ Ruins (a hindu empire), My Khe Beach and Guan Yin Pagoda in Danang.

The Champ Ruins (temples) are similar to the one in Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia) but on a very much smaller scale.

Today is our last day in Hoi An. It only takes about 20 mins walk from our hotel to the ancient town. We spend the whole day exploring the ancient town and the night market (which is across the river).

Evidence of substantial chinese presence in the ancient town in times gone past can be found in the numerous chinese temples/association belonging to the Teochew, Cantonese and Hokkien clan.