Jan 22 – Hoi An & a Long Walk

I walked around the Hoi An celebration area this morning to take some daylight photos of some of the decorations. As a result I volunteered to take a number of family photos so the entire family could be in it. People are so happy when I offer; I could do it all morning. Since we are leaving tomorrow I wanted to remember the interesting street as well.

I’ve been looking forward to at least getting my feet wet in an ocean in Vietnam (which is the South China Sea) and today we decided to walk to the closest beach which is 3.2 miles away! We knew we could find a taxi on the way if needed but we walked the entire way, stopping now and then for the scenery, a water buffalo (see photo) and traffic. The beach is narrow but the ocean is lovely – many waves and I had a nice walk in the water.

We walked along a path with a number of restaurants and chose one that focused on vegan/vegetarian food. Unfortunately being New Years Day they were short staffed and it took forever to get our simple orders – oh well. We finally ate and then took a taxi back to our hotel – 3 miles walking was enough today.

We relaxed around our hotel area the rest of the afternoon and chatted with some other guests. Lastly we ate dinner at our favorite outdoor restaurant – and tried something new again – pork or fish or tofu in clay pots. Yum.