Last morning in Hoi An and we are having the first serious rain of the trip. Off this afternoon on the train again a short ride north to Hue. Did awalking tour of Hoi An on Friday taking in the old houses,community halls (no not like at home!),temples and museums all in very easy walking area. Treated ourselves to an upmarket lunch with multi calorie cakes - yummy but did they go straight to our hips. Hoi An has a few islands easily reached from the town by bridges so we walked off some of the stodge by seeing some areas away from the tourist routes. Exciting encounter with a vicious snarling blood thirsty dog - or at least that was what Kate thought it was. After escaping from its clutches it was yet another excellent evening meal this time with the added pleasure as it was the full moon of the town being lit by lanterns and all traffic stopped. The river here is tidal and it almost joined us in the restaurant by the time we had finished eating. Saturday saw us up at 4.30am for a dawn visit to My Son to see the ancient temples of the Champa people who were in this part of Vietnam from the 9th to 14th centuries and are still a minority tribe. Very atmospheric with the early morning mist clinging to the jungle. The ruins were made even more ruinous by the Americans dropping bombs on them in the 1960s. Apart from our small group, we had the place to ourselves and were just leaving before the first coachloads of tourists arrived (which is what we are I suppose!!).
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