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Hoi An 4 ties, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 suit, 1 jacket and a hat. Currently has 17 entries. Saville Row, only cheap cheap Hoi An should be on the top of anyone's to-do list for Vietnam if, like me, you're a bit of a sucker .. Just to prove Vietnam is not all postcard perfect The rather decrepit seafront in Da Nang - a large city north of Hoi An. .. Yes, that's a flower petal on our hotel bed. I know we're supposed to be backpckers. But Vietnam is a ridiculous place where with a little .. Beautifully preserved colonial buildings litter the streets And it's modern chrome coloured equivilent. Yuk, yuk, yuk, horrid greco-roman post modern pastiches. This is what developed SE Asian .. Back to nicer views - Hoi An harbour. Old Indochinese Shell sign still in use Lanterns in one of the many old Chinese congregation halls It may be an old fashioned town but the cinema is right up to date! Only a teeny tiny proportion of the silkand other fabrics in Hoi An.... It starts off like this and ends up looking like this... ...to this. Ben and Wendy in all our finery and frippery. In a wedding dress shop. As you do. That's my suit and Wendy's 'wedding, bartmizvahs anc .. Casual pose in my new togs I mean, it's just so natural isn't it. Wendy modelling her new wadrobe Oh stop taking pictures of me. Stop it. Stop it. Oh go on then. Another old French sign Enormous Chinese incense spirals The label in the middle is a self-penned message to those that have passed away. And the red coil .. There's nothing like being a tourist a stumbling across a unique experience An ancient relic in all its glory We went to My Son (not My son in like 'Go on my sunnnn' but mee-sohn). It's an ancient temple .. Diary engine © pineapplecharm.com, 2005-2024 I want one!