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| Hoi An, Vietnam |
Day 18 Wednesday Feb 22 2023 - focusing our group's visit to Hoi An Ancient Town - using a Grab car for this outstation visit (28km) & drop off & a walking tour of 4-5 hours in Hoi An Ancient Town ! For our return journey back to Danang city, our group used the service of the same Grab car as the best mean of public transport. Total Grab 4 seater car expenses (to & fro) ie 399,000dong + 369,000dong = 768,000dong (Rm154), each pay Rm39 (cost sharing of 4 people) for our public transport in this day trip. Due the Covid 19 pandemic, the local authority has withdrawn the services of The Yellow Bus plying from Danang to Hoi An ! Interesting to note that Hoi An Ancient Town has a similar character with that of the Historic Melaka (last visit was Jan 2023) in my home country, also an UNESCO site (I had the pleasure of visiting Melaka in early Jan 2023 prior to my Vietnam visit !); my last visit to Hoi An was in Jan 2014 with a travel buddy from USJ Subang Jaya (Mr Choy)!
1) Breakfast in Bun Xuong 88 Noodle Stall, Danang - both my wife & myself savoured a bowl of pork rib rice vermicelli soup (50,000dong=Rm9.75=US2.25) prior to our group's day trip to Hoi An, my 2nd visit to this favourite stall & interesting to note that the owner of this stall could converse Cantonese dialect fluently with us !
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Pork Rib Mihoon Soup
(50,000dong = Rm9.75) |
2) Hoi An - a city on Vietnam's coast known for its well preserved Ancient Town, cut through with canals. The former port city's melting port history is reflected in its architecture, a mix of eras & styles from wooden Chinese shophouses & temples to colorful French colonial buildings, ornate Vietnamese tube houses & the iconic Japanese Covered Bridge with its pagoda.
3) Grab car ride from Danang > Hoi An & return (42km one way, 399,000 dong = Rm78 for a 4 seater car + return 369,000 = Rm72)
4) The Red Seal Ship, Hoi An Ancient Town - the red ships (Shuinshen) are commercial sailboats licensed by the Japanese shujinjo to South East Asia during the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1st half of the 17th century, There were 86 red ships to Hoi An harbour from 1604 > 1634. Nowadays the model of red ship is still on display & used during the Nagasaki's annual Okunchi festival to reappear the historic wedding of the Vietnamese princess & Japanese merchant.
5) Hoi An Ancient Town (UNESCO) - the start of my walking tour with my travel buddies, enjoying & admiring the surrounding environment, old buildings, riverside & iconic landmarks in this UNESCO site etc
6) Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An Ancient Town - built in the 17th century, pay to enter to view the temple internally !
7) Takara House (Japan Cultural Exhibition), Hoi An Ancient Town - pay to enter to view the exhibits internally !
8) Hoi An Church, Hoi An Ancient Town
9) Kwong Siew Clan Association, Hoi An Ancient Town - pay to enter for internal viewing !
10) Tan Ky National Heritage House, Hoi An Ancient Town - pay to enter to view the house internally !
11) Pedestrian Bridge, Hoi An Ancient Town
12) Thu Bon River, Hoi An Ancient Town
13) River Cruise Tourist Boats, Hoi An Ancient Town - best to take the evening cruise when both sides of the old buildings in Hoi An Ancient Town lighted up at night !
14) Cho Dem Night Market, Hoi An Ancient Town - my travel buddy, KF Wong put up a night in Hoi An so he had a better feel of the Night Market & Hoi An Ancient Town by night !
15) Museum of Folklore, Hoi An - pay to enter !
16) Precious Heritage Art Gallery Museum, Hoi An - free admission !
17) Chinese Temples, Hoi An Ancient Town
18) Hainan Clan Association, Hoi An Ancient Town
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Fresh Pineapple (Whole)
30,000dong (Rm5.85) |
20) Cho Hoi An (Market), Hoi An Ancient Town
21) E-Taxi & Sight Seeing Tour Vehicle - Hoi An Ancient Town - easily available at your service !
22) Reaching Out Tea House, Hoi Ann Ancient Town
23) Duc An, Hoi An Ancient Town
24) LY LY Art Gallery, Hoi An Ancient Town
25) Chao Zhou (Teow Chew) Clan Association, Hoi An - pay to enter the internal building !
26) WC (Washroom / Toilet), Hoi An Ancient Town - get ready a 5,000dong (Rm1) note & pay to enter, most of the washrooms here are privatised & manned by local residents !
27) My light lunch in Hoi An Ancient Town - a Thai style banana pancake @ 30,000dong (Rm5.85), delicious & filling !
28) Dinner with my wife in a roadside street corner noodle stall in Danang city centre after the Hoi An visit, savouring a bowl of pork meat rice vermicelli soup @ 50,000dong (Rm9.75), yummy yummy taste !
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| Pork Meat Noodle 50,000dong (Rm9.75) |
