Hoi An – A lovely old port town on the spice route.

Hoi An is a lovely little town preserved since the 16th century and now a heritage town The old town’s buildings are especially cute encompassing a three or four long streets. It’s like a super cute open air shopping mall as each of the buildings are fronted by a retail store. What is remarkable to me is that these storefronts are the front room of people’s homes. The store owners are the store managers and their home extends backwards behind the store but also includes the store. Families use the store at night as an eating room or a place to sleep. So this cartoon town is actually a residential neighborhood.

Most retailers sell tailored clothing. The photo below shows Eva and Daniela choosing cloth for  dress each. Their dresses cost $32 and $12 respectively. David had a pair of cotton trousers made for $14. Avia’s dress cost $10.

One photo below shows a group of people selling watermelon from their cart. Note the scale on the floor to the right. Cute!

Hoi An Tailoring

 

 

 

 

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