Hanoi to Hoi An

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué
February 28th 2009

Published: March 5th 2009

The train from Hanoi to Hue was not as expected .We had 1st class tickets which in Thailand would have given us a room to ourselves. Here the room has 4 bunks and unfortunately we ended up sharing a room that was 6 by 6 with 2 Vietnamese Business men who did not speak English. The fellow above me had some kind of sinus thing so he made horrible snorting noises all night. The train itself was very ... Read Full Entry

Photos are below

Photos: 52, Displayed: 21

My son Cham Ruins

The stupas and tombs are dated from the 7th century and were constructed without mortar to hold the bricks together. It was damaged extensively from bombing during the American War. The linga (phallic), represents the unmanifest or static Absolute and the yoni represents the dynamic, creative energy of God, the womb of the universe

can you imagine discovering this

After the decline of the Chiêm Thành kingdom, the My Son complex faded into oblivion through the centuries, until 1885, when it was rediscovered. Ten years later, researchers began detailed expeditions to the area.

Ruins

Great shot of Ron

ruins

United States B52 aircraft carpet-bombed the site in August 1969

War Crater

In 1969 the Vietcong used this tower as a hideout and mounted a radio transmitter on the summit. After US air raids failed to knock out the tower a comando team crept in and planted explosives. The blast reduced the tower to a pile of rubble

DSC00785

the results of tomb exhumations revealed that Cham kings were buried here since the 4th century. There are a total of over 70 buildings in the complex.

River running through Cham ruins

This was a small stream running through the jungle on our walk Back to our bus. WhenI see this I think about the war and how people can actually fight in aplace so beautiful.

Countryside

I took this picture from the window of the bus. The country here is mountainous with flat prairie used for farming and then the ocean

rice fields

scenery

school

green beautiful and peaceful

village

Countryside

Hoi An

This is a very beautful city.

Hai Au Hostel

we loved our little room here

french doors to a small balcony

most unusual toilet paper holder

This one was held up with string from a nail under the counter, but it worked great. Since there are never shower curtains in these places it was the only place where the paper stayed dry if you forgot to take it out of the room

we even had a pool

Building in Hoi An

Tot: 0.035s; Tpl: 0.012s; cc: 8; qc: 20; dbt: 0.0157s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb

Do not copy images or text from this page without requesting and receiving permission. All rights are reserved by the author and photographer.

Contact Lorrie (iwillbe) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.

Hanoi to Hoi An

Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved