Today we caught the shuttle bus into Old Town Hoi An. We paid a small fee to be able to see into the old historical buildings - although the kids didn't have to pay. The historical bridge was made by the Japanese about 300 years ago. The buildings are very nice - even though most of them are full of tourist items.
We all met together - the 47 of us and had dinner at the motel.
Nick is keen to find more soccer shirt shops, but there don't seem to be many here.
Monday 18th
The next day we made a trip to My Son sanctuary - a world heritage site. It is very beautiful and they are still excavating which you can witness. Some of the ruins are between 600 and 1400 years old.
Tuesday 19th
Our trip to marble mountain was interesting. We were taken to the obligatory marble factory where they encouraged us to buy some locally made item. Nick wanted a pig for $43 but we convinced him to buy the cheap $3 owl. Not the same quality - but much easier on the pocket!
Inside the caves it was very different to what you see in Australia - the cave has been converted into two sections. One area (the bottom) is for hell- complete with sculptures of people being tortured or killed in many horrendous ways. Of course - the top section is heaven - depicting some much more pleasant scenes. Walking on the marble is a challenge - so smooth that it is slippery.
The lighting of the caves is amusing. It is like a disco in bad taste...the pictures son't show how gaudy it is.
That evening Peter and Jordyn joined the others to do a cooking course, so Addison, Nick, Shane and I headed into town to have dinner and a look around town. We even splurged and went on a touristy cyclo ride.
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