When I think back on my summer spent in Da Nang and Hoi An, I pretty much think all about food. I did a lot of eating last summer. I just couldn’t help myself. Now that I’ve lived in Ho Chi Minh City for two years, one would think I’d be sick of Vietnamese food….
After moving abroad in July 2014, I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Southeast Asia and all the nitty-gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. Check out my most recent monthly roundup posts April, May and June. This summer wasn’t perfect but it was so refreshing to escape…
To be perfectly honest, I was hesitant to go back to Hoi An. I last visited 12 long years ago. My memory of what is now one of Vietnam’s most touristy destinations is a sleepy riverside village complete with picture-perfect French colonial buildings, cute little cafes and tons of fishing boats bobbing in the river….