Vietnam

We just returned from our fall break. We spent a week in Vietnam visiting Da Nang and Hoi An. We had a fun time and stayed at a resort right on the beach. Even though it is the rainy season, we had warm and sunny days with just a little rain. OK, one evening it rained a ton, but it didn't slow us down.

Beautiful China Beach with awesome sand

It didn't take long for the boys to DIG IN!



View across the bay, take note of the statue

Rock wall climbing at the hotel

view from our room

busy streets

Hoi An - lots to see and buy

the town is filled with lanterns at night



thankfully, a few streets are bike and pedestrian only

these ladies sell fruit, but they mostly just want you to take their picture

lots of shops and restaurants

We went back the next day to get some custom-made clothes. We both got some linen pants and Ryan got 2 pairs of dress slacks. We also returned to Hoi An to eat more delicious food!

there is a tailor/dress maker on every corner

look at this cool wooden bike

we loved it this much!

rice paddy field

Mason took a ride into the sunset

 

This day was cloudy so we went across the bay to the temple.

This is "lady Buddha" that we could see from our hotel

Mason liked this guy because he looked fierce.

This guy looks like a longhorn fan.

We went to Marble Mountain

More statues inside the caves of Marble Mountain

view from the top

mosaic pictures - see the tree is made out of bottles

the boys loved flying kites everyday

 

 

We also went to the military museum in Da Nang. It was an eye-opening history lesson for the boys. They saw a lot of American planes and guns that were obtained during the Vietnam/American War. They were impressed that Daddy knew the names of everything we were looking at and how it worked. There are still airplane hangers beside the road all around Da Nang. From what we could learn, the area where the beach-front hotels are now, was a large US air field. Da Nang was where the US soldiers would come for R&R and they named the place China Beach. I'm glad I got to see it.

 

We ate some great Vietnamese food and were really impressed with the kids for trying lots of new food. We went to one restaurant where we picked our shrimp and crab straight from the water and it was on our table within minutes. I think we had spring rolls with nearly every meal. We had a fun time on our trip. It was nice to have a week off from school and work. We relaxed and played.