Toggen Blog

Sitting in a resturant watching the world go by at the moment. Today we did a tour of My Son ( pronounced Me Sun ). I will blog about that later. Lisa has left me here to go off and find a shoulder bag so we can take some more stuff on the flight. We went to a boat...

My Son pronounced Me Sun is an ancient set of Hindu temple ruins about an hour out of Hoi-an built by the Cham people. It was bombed so heavily during the American War because it was a Viet Cong base that the temples are pretty much rubble. Adding to that is the prior...

The first day in Hoi-an we went to a tailor to get measured for clothes. Today was the final fitting and shipment home. Hopefully when we get them home they will look good. I always get buyers remorse, but at 1/3 the cost of back home its too good to pass up. They are...

Hoi-an is a tourist trap. All the same its got great ambience and westerners can see Vietnamese Culture while swaddled in the familiar.

Had a great day yesterday with the cooking class. We did a market tour. Basically they  showed us what was available and what the differences were between our supermarket products and the market produce. It was especially interesting to learn how to spot fresh fish...

At breakfast at the Sunshine Hotel Today we are planning a cooking class and a visit to a tailor.