After the little disappointment of the supposedly pretty “beach town” Da Nang, Mom, Dad and I found our favorite place in all of Vietnam: the UNESCO world heritage city of Hoi An. We could’ve easily spent weeks in this cute little town but unfortunately we only had 4 nights (not the first time we cursed the Easter holiday limitation we were on). But we made the best of it and enjoyed every single moment: from our photography tour, massages, the Vietnamese cooking class, bike rides, great dinners, to interesting encounters with the locals – everything was a highlight.

Impressions from our photography tour with Pieter from the Netherlands through the back alleys of Hoi An. He took Mom, Dad and me off the beaten tracks, introduced us to a lot of locals and showed us how to approach them to take great close-ups and portraits of them. We enjoyed those four hours so much and definitely learned a whole lot – about photography, but also about the people living in Hoi An and their daily life. If you’re interested, we can definitely recommend going on the tour with Pieter: hoianphotowalks@gmail.com.

One hour local bus ride from Da Nang to Hoi An. Continuous honking, random pickups in the middle of the road and an unfriendly bus driver that tried to rip us off. But we were prepared and he didn’t have any luck with us

Even fridges are being transported on a scooter

Ready for the local market

The cute serving lady at a restaurant by the river taught us a Vietnamese kid’s game

Mom and Dad at the fitting for their tailor-made clothes

Yummy Sandwish and “Musil”y for breakfast – gotta love the Vietnamese way of spelling English words