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Day 9 - Hoi An

30th November 2019

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A day of cycling around paddy fields and touring the ancient old town.

A breakfast drink to get the day off to a perky start...
Hotel 1




Miche outside the very comfortable hotel...

Hotel 2



Fish in the pond that surrounded a significant part of the building...

Hotel 3



Old photos on the wall in the room...
Hotel 4



Miche with her steed for the day...

Cycling 1



Cycling in between the paddy fields...

Cycling 2



Snail eggs from an invasive Chinese snail, which has the double-whammy of eating the crop and having a sharp shell that delivers nasty cuts to farmers' feet...
 
Cycling 3



Not quite Team Ineos, our bikes...

Cycling 4


Mother & calf buffalo...

Cycling 5




Great horns on this one...

Cycling 6



Ngoc retrieving his hat from the paddy field...

Cycling 7



We stopped at the village's impressive allotments and yoked up for some traditional watering...

Cycling 8



A lot lighter when empty...

Cycling 9




Jobs for the weekend? Miche getting ready to irrigate...

Cycling 10


Born to it...

Cycling 11




Refreshing traditional tea and musical instrument at a local's house next to the allotments...

Cycling 12



Lilies at a yoga retreat...

Cycling 14


Frog balancing at the same yoga retreat...

Cycling 15



One of the many small shrines dotted about to bring good fortune, bountiful harvests, etc...

Cycling 16



Still used, a coracle moored in the creek...

Cycling 17


Magnificent dragons at the Quan Trieu Assembly Hall...

Temple 1



Amazing incense coils...

Temple 2



...and a very ornate gateway...

Temple 3


Japanese Bridge by day...

Bridge




We were accosted by a group of eager children surveying tourists - Alisdair and Brigita answering questions...

Survey

This tourism lark is thirsty work...

Coconut




Beautiful lanterns in the evening's restuarnt...
 
Lanterns

Hotel pool by night...

Pool




Next - Day 10 - Hoi An Cookery Class
 
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Days 1 & 2 - London to Saigon Day 3 - Arrival Hanoi - Explore - Hoan Kiem Day 4 - Hanoi - Explore - Long Walk
Day 5 - Hanoi - T. of Literature, H. Hilton, etc. Day 6 - to Halong Bay Day 7 - Halong Bay to Hanoi
Day 8 - to Hoi An Day 9 - Hoi An - Cycle Day 10 - Hoi An - Cookery Class
Day 11 - to Saigon Day 12 - Cu Chi Tunnels Day 13 - to Mekong
Day 14 - Mekong to Saigon Day 15 - to Siem Reap - Temples 1 - Ta Prohm Day 16 - Temples 2 - Angkor Wat
Day 17 - Tonle Sap Day 18 - Temples 3 - Angkor Wat - Preah Kahn Day 19 - Siem Reap Town
Day 20 - to Home