Although not ideal we didn't let the weather stop us and today went on Heaven & Earth's Countryside Bicycle Tour. Jason stayed home with a bit of a belly bug :(
We were taken through the city and the markets and then off the beaten path and away from the usual tourist itineraries, allowing us to discover up close, the rural, picturesque, "real" Vietnam.
We discovered the art of wooden boat building,
crossed charming floating bridges,
and learnt the secret of the traditional hand-woven sleeping mats. Grandma here was 85 years old and has been doing this since she was 10. Not long ago she went to the relatives for a two week holiday and said she wanted to go home and work, that she was bored.
After a another traditional Vietnamese lunch we began our return voyage to Hoi An by boat.
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