Hoi An – a ‘clothes horse’s’ paradise!

Us on the Japanese bridge

Hoi An has such charm, we’ve instantly taken to it, although it was not what we expected (imagining a big city) it is almost the opposite, set on the Thu Bon River with small street corridors and pedestrianised areas, which has a sign when entering saying for ‘the town for walkers and primitive vehicle users’..



The town encourages walkers and bicycles



The narrow roads of Hoi An

The shops, bars and restaurants have an old style build to them possibly French design from a colonial period past, however with their Chinese and Japanese lanterns and features the place definitely feels oriental. 

So many cute shops

Chinese characters along the river

Hoi An is filled with taylors everywhere and on every street corner! The styles and designs look very good, if we only had more suitcase space, we probably would have gone a little crazy! They even have shoemakers that make shoes in 2 days and with my love for them it could really get out of hand, LOL

A row of taylor shops

At night the place is lit by the laterns, its so pretty!





There are Vietnamese women constantly trying to sell you something or entice you into their shop or restaurant but all of them do so in a friendly enough manner, always asking, “where you from..?!” as an ice breaker…  ;P

Our hotel is so central and has wi-fi
and a swimming pool

A scam we discovered is that the hotel you stay in, will try to recommend you to taylors, restaurants and other such places, because they earn commission of it. And in reverse some shops, will try to gain your trust by telling you about this scam. We have heard it a few times now so when we hear it, J and me are like ‘really, wow, thanks for that..’   LOL

Jason and I have visited the local beach, which is lovely and we are spoilt for choice on where to eat and drink, we have already tried a few specialities including fried wontons, white roses (steamed dumplings filled with shrimp) and cau lieu, flat noodles in soup where the water to make the soup is from a special well here, croutons and vegetables, all good!

Me, chowing down!!

J getting to grips with chopsticks!!