Hoi An, Da Nang - Vietnam - June 2023

I am glad we decided on Hoi An for this three days and two night get-away from Saigon. Just a short flight from Saigon to Da Nang and a van pre-arrange for us from Que Villa hotel took us to us to Hoi An. The Que Villa is a two blocks from Hoi An old town. It's only a short walk to the night market and to the popular Japanese Covered Bridge. 

APEC Park in Da Nang - Dragon Bridge (Cau Rong) on the background.

Dragon bridge on the Han River near Da Nang airport.

Traveling on the Dragon Bridge to Hoi An

The Historic Cultural and Education Hall of Ancient Hoi An.

Son Phong Shrine

Hoi An marina with tradition wooden tour boats for rent.

Hoi An's night market attracts big crowd every night in the summer.

The canal lit up beautifully with boats, lanterns and candle lights.

Evening boats with floating candles.

Long Tho temple situated in the middle of the night market.

A street in Hoi An Ancient town.

Bougainvilleas splash its vibrant color on streets and alleys in the old town.

Under bougainvillea vines

Temple by the Japanese Covered Bridge

The Japenese Covered Bridge under construction

Tham, the Que Villa manager arranged for transportation to take us to That Cha River where we could take basket boat tour to visit the Seven Colors Palm Jungle and water coconut inlet. 

Two people, one colorful bamboo basket boat (known as coracle) and one paddler/rower.

Sawyer helped paddling the boat.

A relaxing ride down the river.

Andrew and Sawyer in the background.

The palm jungle

Palm jungle/water coconut inlet.

Busy That Cha River with large groups of basket boats

Relaxing by An Bang beach

An Bang beach with Cham Islands in the background.

Basket boats for rent along the beach.

Ready for taking off 

 

Up in the air

Beautiful view of parasail and the Cham Islands.

After parasailing.

Back to the beach after parasailing.

Our last stop was Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) on the way to Da Nang airport. Marble Mountains is home to limestone caves with Buddhist shrines and quaint temples in the surrounding foothills.

Entrance to Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains).


Marble Mountains entrance.

Inside the cave.

One of the shrines in Huyen Khong Cave.

Beautiful garden - Non Nuoc Pagoda

We had a great time in Hoi An and Da Nang.  We went back to Saigon to spend the last  three days of the trip.