Vietnam

Hoi An Scene

Our itinerary for Vietnam, ably planned by Exotissimo, a local travel agency since renamed EXO, included:

Highlights of our trip included:

Hoi An, with its 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, colorful market, Hong Phong Old House
- Hoi An Ancient Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
Three-hour cruise on the Thu Bon River with stops at Thanh Ha pottery village and Kim Bong carpenters’ village
Hué, Thien Mu Pagoda
- Complex of Hué Monuments, UNESCO World Heritage Site (see introductory photo, above); located in and around Hué City in Thua Thien-Hué Province in the geographical centre of Vietnam and with easy access to the sea
Hanoi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. with wooden ethnic minority style house he lived in 1954-1969
- West Lake
- Tran Quoc, one of the oldest Buddhist pagodas in Hanoi
- Quan Thanh, Taoist temple dating from the Ly Dynasty
- Hanoi’s Old Quarter, known as “36 Streets”
- Army Museum, with displays depicting the Vietnam War
- Water Puppet Show (see photos below)
Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, overnight cruise on The Emeraude, a classic replica steamship of the colonial era, view of beautiful limestone rock formations