Hoi An is amazing!!!
I'm in Central Vietnam, in Hoi An. This hotel is absolutely beautiful, canopy beds, rose petals, fung shuy atmosphere... beautiful. The hospitality industry here is so different from at home... but then again when so much of one's economy is dependent on tourism, and with over 100 years to learn subservience thanks to the French, it's no wonder they do things so well here.
I got an ao dai made at the tailor's shop this morning. It's amazing that they can take my measurements today and have everything made (in silk even!) by tomorrow morning.
We went to Da Nang by bus this evening to the Cham museum, then an amazing dinner with traditional Cham dancers (beautiful dancers!) Afterwards we went to a traditional Vietnamese Opera house. I was irritated by the others who kept bitching that they "didn't understand what was going on b/c it was in Vietnamese"... I'm sorry, is it just me, or isn't theatre pretty universal? You don't need language to understand the emotions and actions being conveyed on the stage... granted yes, at times it is helpful, but tone and movement can convey just as much as words, and often more effectively.
I'm in love with this city. Though I'm anxious to get to Saigon in a few days. We're doing a homestay outside of the city, that should be pretty cool.
See everyone in a little over a week....
I got an ao dai made at the tailor's shop this morning. It's amazing that they can take my measurements today and have everything made (in silk even!) by tomorrow morning.
We went to Da Nang by bus this evening to the Cham museum, then an amazing dinner with traditional Cham dancers (beautiful dancers!) Afterwards we went to a traditional Vietnamese Opera house. I was irritated by the others who kept bitching that they "didn't understand what was going on b/c it was in Vietnamese"... I'm sorry, is it just me, or isn't theatre pretty universal? You don't need language to understand the emotions and actions being conveyed on the stage... granted yes, at times it is helpful, but tone and movement can convey just as much as words, and often more effectively.
I'm in love with this city. Though I'm anxious to get to Saigon in a few days. We're doing a homestay outside of the city, that should be pretty cool.
See everyone in a little over a week....