We arrived to DaNang Airport after 10pm and separated ways with the Suvedi family who would spend the next 5 nights in DaNang while we went south 30 min. to Hoi An where we would spend 2 nights.
Enjoying a drink from the bar downstairs before calling it a night.
The next morning we headed into Hoi An’s Old Town. We enjoyed walking around, checking out the moving markets, seeing all the tailor shops, grabbing a few souvenirs and people watching. What a beautiful town!! LOVED all the lanterns!
After checking a few different tailor shops and trying to decide where to go, this lady came up to us on her scooter to try and entice us to her shop a couple doors down. We must have looked confused and desperate to spend some cash! It worked out great, because the prices were great at this shop and they could do everything we wanted within the day! Here we are getting measured for our new clothes.
While we were getting measured and picking out fabrics, the girls enjoyed some down time from walking and the heat with some shows on the IPAD and a fan blowing on them.
We continued on with our walk through old town.
Our first stop on our Old Town Historical Sites Tour was to the Japanese Covered Bridge. In the early 17th century, the Japanese, who lived in Hoi An Town, built this bridge over the stream to do business wih the local people. The 2 entrances are guarded by a pair of monkey gods on one end and a pair of dog gods on the other.
Next stop was to Phung Hung Ancient House-one of the most famous architectural buildings in Hoi An, considered cultural heritage of the town. It was built in 1780, when Hoi An was prospering, and it is a typical commercial house representative of Vietnam’s urban areas in the 19th century.
Loved these intricate hand-made cards.
Our final historical site was the Old House of Tan Ky-an almost perfect example of an 18th merchant’s residence in this major commercial port town. The name Tan Ky, meaning “Progress Shop”, was given to the house by the second generation to express the owner’s wish for a prosperous business.
Enjoying some welcome tea
In spite of the decline in business of the town and the huge devastation of annual floods, seven generations of the family have continuously strived to keep the house in good condition. Though it’s not the oldest, Tan Ky is the most well-preserved in Hoi An. Here you can see a bed of 3rd generation lady made around 1878 and the markings on the wall showing how high the flood waters have come up.
Exploring the amazing produce at the local markets
A quick stop back to for our first fitting.
After a few more alterations and an hour or so later, we had our new clothes-2 suits & 3 shirts for Brian and 2 dresses for me! Here’s the final product of some of them that we took after we got back home.
We walked around a bit more before finding a place to have dinner.
It was amazing to see the tiny chairs the Vietnamese sat in everywhere!
We went on a little boat ride with some lanterns to release into the water-very magical!
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