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Day 184 – Nón lá

Song Thu Bòn, Vietnam A river runs through Hoi An, the Thu Bòn. It’s not a long river, starting the mountains 30 or 40

Hoi An, Vietnam This ancient town of Hoi An (I’m missing a few Vietnamese accents here) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ngu Hành Son, Vietnam These are the Five Elements Mountains, the Marble Mountains to us tourists. They’re named after t

Hoi An, Vietnam Why did the chicken cross the road? It didn’t; it lives on the boulevard. In Thai, Chicken is “gai

Han River, Danang, Vietnam We ventured into downtown Danang this evening for dinner, one of those “authentic”, hol

Tran Phu Road, Hoi An, Vietnam The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one̵

My Khe Beach, Danang, Vietnam “It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough

My An Beach, Danang, Vietnam We’ve been in-country for less than a week, but already we’ve noticed many difference

My An Beach, Danang, Vietnam In Ho Chi Ming CIty (formerly Saigon), we attended a great performance at the Municipal Theatre (

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Asian cities are always a paradox, a juxtaposition between old and new, the decrepit and the modern,