Another quiet day in Hoi An

We had a pretty uneventful day today.  We laid around for a bit in the morning, then caught the 10:00 shuttle boat down to the market, which is basically at the other end of the Old quarter, relative to where we are.  We had bought our $6 pass to the Old Quarter, which entitled you to visit five of the special attractions, most of which are restored buildings, etc.  One of them was a cultural museum, and included a 20ish minute show of some traditional music and dance.  The most interesting part of this was seeing some of the musical instruments that they were using. One was like a one string violin and another must have had some very thin wire that she manipulated with one hand and strummed with the other.

I'll call it Vietnamese violin

Another Vietnamese string instrument

We toured one of the other buildings, and since we were at the far end of town, decided to have lunch at a nice looking spot that we had seen from the boat to the cooking school.  trip Advisor reviews were good, but said that it was a little more expensive than the places in town.  They were right there, although this just meant we were paying prices like we would at home.  Nice lunch in a beautiful old courtyard, away from the bustle of the town.

Our lunch spot

A block away from the restaurant there is a bridge that connects the mainland to a small island.  I had seen these women a couple of days ago and thought they were washing clothes, but they were butchering and plucking chickens for the market, which is just past the bridge. 

Now that is fresh chicken going to market

We did a bit more shopping, have to put a stop to this as the luggage weights may get challenging soon, and then back to the resort.  I did another hike to the ATM, this is the last one that I have notes on that has low fees and a decent withdrawl limit.  After today, it's hit and miss.
Couple of pictures fro the walk back.

Hoi An from the bridge connecting mainland to our resort island

Old Japanese covered bridge

After a bit more lazing about and some packing, we went to the central area of the resort, had a beer and some free local food, then hopped onto the one hour sunset boat ride.  Sunset was nothing special but these ferry boats are just crazy.

Vietnamese ferry

Crazy early pickup tomorrow morning, ride back to Danang (less than half hour) then fly to Nha Trang for a few beach days.  Forecast continues to be excellent, we certainly have had near perfect weather.