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22 A Cua Dal St, Hoi An, Vietnam
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My Son Sanctuary,Vietnam.
Museum of History and Culture,Hoi An,Vietnam.
Hello All;
Can anyone recommend a few good quality tailor shops in Hoi An. I am looking to make a couple of custom tailored suits.
I am actually looking for suit manufacturers in Vietnam in general. I would like to make custom suits in Vietnam, and ship them to North American. Does anyone know good quality manufacturing companies in Vietnam? Thanks in advance.
Yaly Couture and A Dong Silk are the most reputable shops but also the priciest.
There are tons of tailor shops in Hoi An! Best thing to do would be to actually go to Hoi An and window shop for yourself, to see first hand who gives you the best prices for the best material your budget allows.
You can check a few shops in Ho Chi Minh or Ha Noi out. I'm sure it will be cheaper and better quality than in Hoi An.
Google 'tailor shops hoi an' for a wealth of information
Kims haircut shop. Smack-bang in the middle of the markets!
As well as haircuts, they do facials, manicure, pedicure, hair removal etc. But the worrying thing on their business card:
"Cut skin foot your"
Nevermind. For US$1 I had a lovely manicure & nail polish done!
Tell Kim Betty send you!
With the first setting sun of our Vietnam stay, we walked and snapped our way through the photo opportunity laden streets and finally down to the picture perfect waterfront. As it was the main congregating area for tourists, it was correspondingly full of more than its share of locals trying their best to sell some merchandise or service they were convinced you just had to have. One particularly interesting slice of this pie was the row boat women. They offered up scenic trips of the canals for what seemed impossible prices. Though generally more than skeptical of these types of deals, we nonetheless found it irresistible for the chance to take an up close photo of one of these haggard women as much as anything else we might chance upon once out on the water. (continued below in Fondest Memory)
One of my big pet peeves is watching travelers drink nothing but Coke when on the road when they could try lots of local beverages at a fraction of the price. If a poor kid from Africa came over to the states for the first time, I’d be all for him trying his first ever Coca Cola but that is quite a different story. Actually, it’s not. You are in a foreign country so why not try something local? Many people are afraid to try anything not served in a can as they figure it will be full of local water and thus impure. This might be the case in some instances but not necessarily so and it should not lead to such paranoia that you are unwilling to sometimes take a chance. Sugar cane drinks are sold in any Third World Country warm enough to grow the heavenly stalks. The cane is pushed into a grinder and the resultant nectar is a naturally sweet juice. In Hoi An, they mixed this with the juice from kumquats, a smaller version of an orange. This concoction was positively addictive and slurping them down while on the river front was a lot cheaper and authentic then sitting in some backpacker café having an over-priced Coke. Actually, they were too cheap. We had six of them for 18,000 dong (a little over a dollar) and had a tough time sleeping that night we were so amped up on the sugar!
I ALWAYS CARRY A SMALL BACKPACK FOR ESSENTIAL DAILY ITEMS:
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS CARRYING PLENTY OF BOTTLED FRESH WATER GOOD BOOTS/SHOES ARE ESSENTIAL:
I CARRY A SMALL ROLLED UP PONCHO FOR THE FREQUENT TROPICAL STORMS: A SMALL BOTTLE OF ANTISEPTIC HANDWASH:
A PACKET OF WET WIPES:
A SMALL PACKET OF TISSUES...JUST IN CASE:
A TUBE OF MOISTURISER: A DIGITAL CAMERA BATTERY CHARGER: AND SPARE MEMORY CARD:
A RELIABLE INTERNATIONAL MULTI-POWER POINT ADAPTOR CARRY AND USE A STRONG RELIABLE MOSQUITO AND INSECT REPELLANT HERE IN THE TROPICS:
A GOOD WIDE BRIMMED HAT:
A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES:
A TUBE OF RELIABLE SUNSCREEN:
A TUBE OF LIP BALM: A SMALL SELF POWERED TORCH IS ESSENTIAL
This place is an hour by car west from Hoi An and if it wasn't for the fact that it was a designated heritage site, I doubt if anyone would really spend and go out of his way to view this unless you're into history or archeology. The ruins aren't much and I could understand why previous visitors were not that impressed with the place. Perhaps if the local authorities would spruce up the area and somehow recreate how the sanctuary looked like in its days of glory then it would merit more "oohs and ahhs!". I do realize that the grounds surrounding My Son still has unexploded mines but the area is not that big so getting rid of mines, though tedious, hazardous and costly, should be a priority so the sanctuary can be better appreciated.
Entrance fee (as of July 2009) is 60,000 dong.
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Q: Christmas at the beach "Is the water in late December warm enough to swim and generally romp about in?"
A: "Sure, no problems, I was a bit south of this location but the water were close to 30°c."
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