Thursday, January 20, 2011

Hoi An, Vietnam: Just Plain Picturesque




Hoi An is famous for its silk lanterns. We saw how they were made.

Famous bridge built by the Chinese.

Famous bridge is shown in photo of 10 feet worth of flooding every year. Tourists are no longer allowed to visit town via canoe during floods - safety reasons, people!

Such a charming town - UNESCO-protected, no cars allowed in old quarter.

Yin/Yang over every threshold.


Ancient old house, built with teak wood that refuses to rot from annual flooding. It is flooded 10 feet every year, with a pulley system to pull all furniture up through an attic hole to the second floor. Puts the mill system to shame!



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