On the second day of our weekend trip to Da Nang we checked out early in the morning and took a taxi to Hoi An. We’ve heard from some friends that Hoi An is a charming little town and they were right. It took only about 35 minutes to get from Da Nang to Hoi An.
Hoi An is a relaxing small ancient town with many of the old buildings still intact. It also struck me that Hoi An is much more colorful than most other places in Vienam and Asia in general.
It’s was very sunny and blazing hot but we defied the sun and walked around in the old part of the city.
Street in Hoi An
Boats in Hoi An
On the way back to the taxi we stopped by to get some food at a place called Mango Rooms and it turned out to be an orgy in colors but very tasteful.
Mango Rooms in Hoi An
And finally here’s me in the streets of Hoi An.
Me in the Streets of Hoi An
In the afternoon we went back to Da Nang to catch the evening flight back to Hanoi. The flight was delayed so we didn’t arrive to Noi Bai airport in Hanoi until around 11.00pm at night and i came to my apartment at 12.00pm so i was very, very tired after a long but interesting weekend in central Vietnam.
A couple of weeks ago i went to central Vietnam over the weekend. The flight departed 6.00am so i woke up at 3.00am to get ready and get to the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi.
I had my camera gear in my cabin bag including a medium sized tripod. The airport security guy looked like he’d swallowed a lemon when he saw it but he let me pass the security control anyway.
The flight was slightly delayed and we landed around 7.20am in the morning. After that we took a bus to Furama resorts which is a nice 5 star resort along the beach.
It was blazing hot so we stayed inside until 4.00pm when we went out to the beach to have some fun and swim in the sea. I forgot that i’m not 22 years old any longer and had a little too fun so i fell and hurt my back and i still have trouble to sit on a chair. Stupid me
The water was incredibly nice and warm so i stayed in the water for a long long time. After the beach we had a nice dinner until 10.00pm and after a long day we went to bed.
I had such a good time that i nearly forgot to take images during the first day but here’s a couple of images i took from my balcony.
A lesson I learned and would like to convey in this post is to trust your first instinct.
Me and my friend Stefan were in Hoi An in central Vietnam a few days ago and we passed a small ponds with some flowers. The flowers and the pond looked ordinary so I walked past the pond and the flowers. Something nagged me however so I walked back to the pond and quickly snapped a couple of close up images of one of the flowers. At first it looked like the image was over exposed when i looked in the LCD screen but I didn’t care, i just walked up to Stefan who waited for me.
Once i was back home in Hanoi I opened up the image in Photoshop CS and i was amazed by the colors. I’m no flower expert but i think it’s a water lily or a lotus flower.
Water Lily or Lotus Flower
So something that looked ordinary turned out to be so beautiful. I really love the colors that almost look like painted.
Close up of water lily or lotus flower
In this close up the colors are even more amazing and can you see the small fly in the image?
I had a pretty dramatic experience a couple of days ago when a cockfight almost went on in my knees. I was sitting in a park, drinking a lemon juice when i noticed a cock coming up close to me. Cool i thought, and grabbed my iPhone to take a picture.
Moments after i took the first picture another cock came from behind me and attacked the first cock. It took only about 10 seconds until the owners separated the cocks but it were some pretty intense seconds.
Hanoi is both a beautiful city but can also be perceived as chaotic at times, especially the traffic in Hanoi.
I’ve made this short video that takes you from my home at the beautiful Truc Bach lake which is where John McCain was shot down during the Vietnamese was, passing through the presidential palace and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and finally arrived to the office in Dong Da district.
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