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Eating breakfast by the roadside  
   

Eating breakfast by the roadside

Out alone one morning taking photos I decided to have breakfast by the roadside. The woman there owned a boat, so I hired it to take me to Thanh Ha Pottery Village, where they hand make pottery in the same way since the 16th century.
Textile Excess in Ancient Hoi An

January 10th 2005
On Boxing Day (26th Dec) we flew from Ho Chi Minh City to Hoi An in Central Vietnam. Hoi An Old Town is a Unesco World Heritage Site, mainly because of its Chinese, Japanese and European influenced architecture. We parked ourselves in a convenient centrally-located guesthouse (Thanh Binh Hotel) and set about exploring the quaint narrow streets and the old temples. This place is also famous for it ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Quảng Nam » Hoi An

Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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