i was recommended to take Le Fakily Rodrrsotorbike ride from Hue to Hoi An by Sylvi...so i did amd told alice about it so she came to! we had a very ful day traveling down the coast - first stop were the lush, bright green paddy fields and a small little village we walked around. it was beautful, had a stream running through it qith a gorgeous old vietnamese bridge to cross it. the village was all busy with the morning market so we wemt to thwir local museum where a funny little old vietnamese lady showed us how she picks, dries, siefts and grinds the rixe to make flour! we hopped back on the bikes and stopped at a familys temple - in vietnam the temples belong to families whereas rhw pagodas are where the monks live. the family xomes here once a year to give blessings/pray and it was SO elaborate! we then rode for a while to a secluded littlw waterfall and we werr the only ones there! we cooled off in the cool water, jumped in frpm the rocks and shared a beer while drying off..idyllic! next stop was a seafood hot pot lunh on a floatong restaurant. and wow did we have a spread- prawns, squid, clams, crab, porl noodles, rice and mongostene for dester! we were stuffed! we then rode up the mountain where we had stunning views of the coastline and towards Da Nang (the city before Hoi An). we stopped off at the top of the mountain to see bunkers that were built by the frnch and used by the americams...you could still see the bullet holes in the concrete! then down we went into Da Nang and past a white female buddha statue (this is the first place i have seen female buddahs...a symbol of equality between men and women..wjich definitely makes sense as the women do so much work here - not just at the homes but hard graft worl in the streets etc) we had a swim stop on the long white sandy beach before hesding to marble mountain. here we climbed the 144 stairs to see pagodas and very imprssove women buddhas status that had been built in caves! rather amazing! there were 5 mountains which stood for the 5 elememts; water, fire, gold, silver and...i cant remember the last one!! we arrived into Hoi An about 5pm wjich is when Vicly dod too so after freshening up we took a wander around the cute little lantern lit streets pf Hoi An. we had dinner overlooking the river..it was so pretty and so dofferent to hanoi. all the streets were lined with tailors ans shoe manufacturers! after dinner we carried on the nighy at backpacker bar and then volcano bar..quite the experience : $4 All you can drink and there were about 10 of ua in there!!
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