Obviously in the running and certainly pressing for the lead, Vietnam may just end up as my favorite place in Asia. In less than eighteen months, I have traveled to Vietnam three times, most recently in April for spring break. My friend Cindy and I returned to Hoi An, Vietnam--one of our favorite places on the Vietnam tour we took back in December, 2012, my introductory trip to Vietnam. (See my first post on Vietnam here.) This time we spent seven days pretty much just hanging out in and around Hoi An, a city often referred to as the "jewel of Vietnam." Piece together ambles and wanderings, a bicycle tour, boat rides, shopping, spa time, beach time, and pool time, binding them with the thread of Vietnamese cuisine, and you can create one masterpiece of a spring break!
Here now is my spring break reprised in photos.
View from the hotel.
Hotel pool--early morning before the crowd arrives!
These next photos are all Hoi An, the old town.
One afternoon while sitting at a small cafe overlooking the river, we watched this man in his boat working with his fishing nets. In the end we hired him to take us for a little cruise!
On a full day bicycle tour--which included boats and bamboo bridges--we checked out the countryside around Hoi An and life on the Thu Bon River.
And the beach: This is Cua Dai.
I love Vietnam!
