Hoi An: From the balcony of our restaurant - lanterns everywhere.
Hoi An: From the balcony of our restaurant - lanterns everywhere.
Hoi An: Lanterns hang in the balcony.
Hoi An: Busy Bon River in Hoi An.
Old Town, Hoi An
Hoi An: Delivering the frames for lanterns.
Hoi An: Covering the frames with bright materials.
Hoi An: Exquisite!
Hoi An: Oh oh, another cyclo ride. This time we head for the countryside.
Leaving Hoi An in a cyclo.
Near Hoi An: Along the rice paddies ...
and towards a large cemetery in the country rice field.
Near Hoi An: An describes some of the death and burial traditions in Vietnam.
Near Hoi An: Country road -with the little moving house.
Near Hoi An: Stopped at the house of an older woman who lives in the country.
Near Hoi An: She has a small poor house, and neighbors help.
Near Hoi An: Guess you can ride the water buffalo, too.
Near Hoi An: Continuing on with our cyclo ride...
OMG, maybe they are moving on scooters?
Near Hoi An: Shot of our poor cyclists, who work hard with plump Americans.
Near Hoi An: Fine looking water buffalo (and man).
Near Hoi An: I've seen this before - looks like something awful could happen.
Near Hoi An: Watching the world go by.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: This seems to be a "command center" for raising and lowering those huge nets.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Big fishing net, amazing sunset.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Preparing to get the sea life from the bottom of the net, I think.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Looks like an old fishing boat, but with the two Vietnamese flags I'm not sure.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: We watch these two as they cast and recast the net (for our enjoyment, I assume).
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Preparing to cast the net.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: It would almost be fun to try this! I'd probably fall in with the net.
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Out it goes!
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Beautiful dome of netting!
Thu Bon River, Hoi An: Amazing sunset over the Bon River.
Hoi An Lanterns at night.
Bridge at night in Hoi An. Very busy place at night!
Hoi An: Exquisite lanterns light the darkness.
Hoi An: On the bus going to the My Son Champa ruins. Small enough group that most people can have two seats and a window.
Hoi An: Catholic Church - don't see a lot of them outside of cities. Vietnam is about 85% Buddhist and 7% Christian.
Typical street and shops from near Hoi An. These shops look a bit more upscale than those in open bay doors. i think the red signs are government propaganda.
Near Hoi An: Just a corn field with some nice houses nearby.
Near Hoi An: My Son is a UNESCO Heritage site made up of Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and the 14th century AD by the kings of Champa civilization.
Near Hoi An: My Son world heritage site of Champa ruins.
Near Hoi An: My Son world heritage site of Champa ruins. Hindu gods.
Near Hoi An: Some Champa tribe descendents are visiting the ruins on the day we are there.
Near Hoi An: My Son world heritage site of Champa ruins and Hindu gods.
Near Hoi An: My Son world heritage site of Champa ruins.
Near Hoi An: My Son world heritage site of Champa ruins.
Near Hoi An: Nice peaceful lily scene.
Near Hoi An: Another street of shops, not quite as prosperous as the last photo of shops.
