Hoi an

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Hi every one thanks so much for staying in touch, the weather here is really hotting up as we move further south, we are now in Hoi an we will stay for two nights. Hoi an is very beautiful it is I would guess about the size of Ludlow, and the centre is really old with beautiful architecture the buildings are kind off distressed and lovely pastel colours. It was once a merchants shipping quarters where they exported silk, cloth etc, now the harbour is used for fishing, this morning we got up at 6.00 and went down to watch them bringing in the mornings catch to sell at the local market right by the harbour. The atmosphere here is very relaxed and there are lots of nice places to eat down by the water. This afternoon I (Mick) am doing a cooking class at a restaurant, I shall be making Vietnamese spring rolls with pork and veg, fried chicken in lemon grass and chilli, beef with onion and something i cant remember and finally beans in garlic.
Tomorrow night (wed) we will take the overnight train (12hrs) to Phan Rang and then a bus to Dalat in the central highlands, it is supposed to have lovely scenery/forests etc.

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Photos

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restaurant on a river front

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lantern shop these lanterns light up the streets

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river front restaurant

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Bon river early morning

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fishing boats

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early morning catch

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morning coffee

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street hawker

Comments

[mickandshukee]

Response to Chris
Thanks for your comment, yeah we got the original one and I accepted it when we recieved it, it is on our (signed in blog) so I dont know why it doesnt show on yours (bit of a pain in the bum oh sorry) anyway thanks for the contact love to everyone, has Toby recieved his postcard yet? .We have sent a package to yours yesterday with some uneeded clothes and some souveiners(?) could you please hang on to it for us thankyou very much, I had to use the mastercard in Hanoi, because they had blocked my visa debit, got that unblocked so could you please pay the mastercard bill off with one of the cheques, thanks very much love Mick and Julie

[sue]

restaurant enterprise
Glad to hear that the training for the new job is going well! Very much looking forward to dining with you on your return! Thanks again for the lovely pics Sue X