Old Town Entrance Ticket
by Willettsworld
An oddity of Hoi An is the bizarre cultural tour ticket system where, in order to see all the museums, old houses, assembly halls and so on you have to buy several tickets. One ticket costs 75,000 VND, and allows access to:
a) All the old streets of the Heritage Town;
b) One of the four museums;
c) One of the four old houses;
d) One of the three assembly halls;
e) The handicraft workshop and traditional music concert; and
f) Either the Japanese Bridge or the Quan Cong Temple.
If you want to see everything, you'll have to buy four tickets and it would take about three days! Tickets are sold at various entry points into the Old Town, including Hai Ba Trung Street, and also at some of the attractions, including the Cantonese Assembly Hall.
Take time to observe life on the river.
by worldkiwi
Hoi An's riverfront position, on the north bank of the Thu Bon River, and the fact that the town's existence is tied closely to this river, mean that the waterway is (as it has always been) a thoroughfare of activity. You can easily imagine the scenes that would have been played out here in the 19th century when the riverfront merchants' houses would have been bustling. Now, tourism activities dominate, but take time to have a long look at this part of town.
Full Moon
by fiLination
Once every month the Vietnamese celebrate full moon (15th of lunar month). Like on Saturdays and Wednesdays the old city is closed for vehicles and all Vietnamese come out to the old city to enjoy live Vietnamese music and party happenings. Lots of candles are slowly drifting down the river stream and the Vietnamese burn sacrifices to Buddha outside their homes or businesses. I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing this twice. Full moon and black moon (1st and 15th of lunar month) are ‘Veggie days’ for the locals so instead of the usual “Com Ga” (rice with chicken), “Bun Bo Hue” and “Pho Bo” (Beef noodle soups) most street vendors and authentic Vietnamese restaurants offer good vegetarian food. If you’re scared of street “meat” then that might be a good time to first experience no-meat street food.
paid for photogenic attributes
by richiecdisc
Okay, I admit it. I actually paid to take this woman’s photo. I’m sure I’m not the first nor last one to do it either. She had the quintessential look and she knew it. She actually solicited it and I couldn’t resist. It was cheap, much more so than the air ticket to her homeland. I normally refrain from this as it breeds a new form of begging that should not be encouraged.
Memorial Park and Monument...
by Greggor58
At the far end of Tran Phu Street you'll find a really nice little park that's essentially a Memorial to a Polish man named Kazimierz Kwiatkowski...a man that was instrumental to Hoi An's Old Quarter being given UNESCO status as a heritage site.
IN the 1980's he came to Vietnam to participate in a program of preservation of Vietnamese heritage and because of illness died in Hue in 1997.
This small park like setting is surrounded with green space,and a large bas-relief of the man as well as a placard detailing his efforts in this process...
He also was a key figure in bringing that same status to the Cham ruins of My Son...where he worked in the restoration of the ruins...
So...if you're walking about and wondering what this park and statue are all about now you know..
Son Restaurant
THE CORNER, start of Ho Chi Min Trail.
Ngoc Anh,58 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.,Hoi An,Vietnam.
Japanese Bridge,Hoi An,Vietnam.
