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On the way to Hoi An

October 31, 2007

We cycled through a fishing village and a lively local market. We then found flooded roads and bridges again. The route included twelve km of unsealed, muddy road. The day finished on a little road into the historic town of Hoi An, which was also flooded. Our hotel was surrounded by water so we had to take a boat to reach it. Then, another boat and motorcycle ride to get to our restaurant and back to our hotel.

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Local market

Local market

More flooded bridges

Cycles and cows

Debris

She didn't want to get her bike wet

Mother and child

Flooded fields

Water Buffaloes

On flooded fields on our way to Hoi An.

Water buffaloes

Photo taken by our guide on another day but fits well here.

Marble

Marble

Flooded Hoi An plaza

Flooded Hoi An

Flooded Hoi An

Lots of boats but none big enough to carry us to our hotel. We'll wait for several hours and the water kept rising. That bench behind the tree on the left background will eventually disappear under water. Same for the fences on the right background.

Flooded Hoi An

Getting darker ...

Flooded Hoi An

Flooded Hoi An

Flooded Hoi An

Getting dark and we are still waiting for our boat.

Flooded Hoi An

Our hotel is surrounded by water ... Trying to find a bigger boat to get us there.

Boarding

We are on a flooded street, boarding a small boat that will take us to a second, bigger boat. The small boat had to take several trips to get all of us on the big boat.

Boat to our hotel

Second, bigger boat.

Boat to our hotel

Mosquito net, hotel room

Dinner

We had to take the boat again, to get to this restaurant where we had dinner. However, we found out that the streets around the restaurant were partially flooded. The guides renting two motorcycles and took turns taxiing us to the restaurant. After dinner, motorcycles again and then on the boat for the third time that night to get back to our hotel.

Singing Binh

Vietnamese folk songs.

Hoi An under water: boat trip to our hotel, October 31, 2007 (YouTube video).

My Lai Massacre Memorial, photos, October 31, 2007.
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