Walking through Hoi An - that's Lyn directy in front of me.
Our walk started from Yaly and we walked along the street a while before turning down an alley and followed a path out among the rice paddies. It was fairly warm with little shade but the breeze made it quite tolerable. While the breeze kept bugs at bay we did have to walk around a few cows, tethered here and there. We eventually ended up at a little establishment at the edge of what looked like a truck farm where we hoisted a local beer before returning to the hotel for a "free lunch". Jonathan indicated no interest in the town walk so we're going to check out the pool until we head back to Yaly for the final fitting of my jacket.
Walking through Hoi An - that's Lyn directy in front of me.
Incense - for some reason (Vinny, our local Hoi An guide, may have said why).
Young students lining up in the school yard.
I asked Hung what this flower was. He replied 'wild flower.'
More 'wild flower.'
An ambitiously loaded bicycle.
An ambitiously loaded motorcycle.
These have a common name due to their thorny nature - I, of course, have forgotten it.
Getting further out of town. Note Hung is using his fan.
Wild flower.
Not quite out of town yet.
Wild flower.
Snails - the new white meat.
Now we're out of town.
Jonathan pauses to look in the rice paddy.
Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta). I think that's a juvenile to the right.
Snail eggs.
Jack, Audra, and Judy visit a cow - or vice versa.
The local version of a hay stack - this is rice straw.
Duck were being raised.
A water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) watching us walk by.
A grass or rush.
One of the local farmers.
Gravestones. The deceased are buried for 3 to 7 years, the bones disintered, and then relocated to a temple.
Wild flower.
Wild flower.
Hung, Julie, Vinny, and Tom - pausing in the shade. Note that both Hung and Vinny have their fans at the ready.
The egrets would not allow humans to get close. Most of these shots were made at a distance and cropped.
Good timing on this shot, catching the egret and water buffalo in proximity.
An unidentified songbird - I spotted him because of his singing.
Yet another little yellow bird.
Jonathan investigates the tree - I'm not sure we ever identified it. It was very cedar-like.
I tried, unsuccessfully, to grow a lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) when we lived in Pasadena.
This farmer was posing for photos with his water buffalo. Hung paid him so we took a number of snaps.
These were the fields that had the look of a truck farm.
The farmer and his buddy heading back to the stable.
I had a water lily (Nymphaeaceae sp.) colored like this one before my pond got too shady to support them.
Fresh Summer Roll: shrimp and pork, Vietnamese herbs and traditional dipping sauce.
Bun Cha Ha Noi: Fresh noodles with grilled pork belly, pickled papaya & herbs with fish sauce dressing.
