A man sits on a stone by a river, in front of shops and people in Hoi An.

Hoi An Part 2

Hoi An - Part 2

Young man in a blue shirt standing on the Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam, beneath an ornate decorative arch

Hoi An can be a very calm place, especially compared to other big cities in Vietnam and if you can imagine that there aren't any tourists in town.

Hoi An street scene with pedestrians and motorbikes.

A white dog lying on a sidewalk curb in front of red plastic chairs at an outdoor street café.

Woman in red Adidas sweatshirt riding a bicycle in Hoi An, Vietnam.

string lanterns above a narrow street lined with weathered yellow buildings and mannequins outside a shop

A man sits on a stone by a river, in front of shops and people in Hoi An.

Colorful fabric lanterns hanging in a row.

Elderly woman in conical hat eating in a small boat on a river in Hoi An, Vietnam.

orange life jackets on wooden boats with red and yellow lanterns

Laundry hanging on a clothesline in Vietnam.

Barber cutting hair on black leather chair in small barbershop

Worker carrying ladder and paint buckets past parked bicycles.

Vietnamese shop with a 'Tap Hoa Phuoc' sign.

Man trimming tree branches on a building's balcony in Vietnam.

demolished house site behind blue metal gate and chain-link fence on residential street

woman in red ao dai on a lantern-lit pedestrian street in hoi an vietnam

Row of cyclo drivers in Hoi An, Vietnam.

The least exciting way to explore the small old town of Hoi An is to take one of these bikes.

Passengers sit in a long row of cyclo rickshaws on a tree-lined street in a historic Vietnamese town

Hoi An street scene with cyclo drivers and tourists.

Two people sitting on a balcony of a yellow building with a dark tiled roof, partially obscured by lush green foliage.

person wearing traditional conical straw hat at a busy outdoor street market with motorbikes and vendor stalls

Floating boat restaurant and bar on a river with outdoor dining decks and a woman on the upper level

Three traditional Chinese lanterns hanging on wires against a weathered concrete wall

Vietnamese ritual offering tray with incense burner gourd bottles joss paper incense sticks and ceremonial currency

Xiangqi board game table with two stools.

Large ornate dragon lantern sculpture beside a riverside with traditional buildings and boats in the background

Outdoor dining area of a lantern-decorated Vietnamese restaurant with patrons at sidewalk tables and a red flag at the entrance

Tourists sitting at an outdoor restaurant in Vietnam, decorated with colorful lanterns.

Vietnamese street scene with scooters and colorful lanterns hanging above a building.

Nighttime view of a Vietnamese street food stand selling cơm gà (rice chicken) in Hanoi's Old Town.

A crowded household goods shop overflowing with stacked colorful plastic basins, ceramic bowls and plates, and shelves of plastic containers

Plastic-wrapped furniture and office chairs stacked in a narrow furniture warehouse aisle