Hoi An 6/5

This morning we went on a tour to My Son, a local temple complex and relic of the Cham Empire. We were picked up at 5am from the hotel so we could be out on site by sunrise and it was well worth the effort as the complex looked really impressive in the morning sun. We had a guide give us a bit of a run down on the site, which is also designated a UNESCO World Heritage Area. It pre-dates Angkor Wat, so it unfortunately isn’t as well preserved. A lot of the site was also destroyed by American bombing during the Vietnam war. Parts are under restoration at the moment so we didn’t get to see all of the sites but we were pretty happy with what we did see. The internet connection at our hotel has been playing up a bit the last couple of days so we hope to have some photos from the last couple of weeks up soon. We were back at the hotel by about 10am so we rode into town for lunch, after which we posted a couple of things home. I don’t believe I ever had cause to complain about Australia Post previously but I know now that I will never ever complain about them in the future - it took an hour to send four parcels to different locations in Australia. I won’t go into the excruciating detail but needless to say we were pretty happy to get out of there without throwing a fit. We picked up our clothes and shoes after that, we’re pretty happy with the results. Had dinner in the old quarter again before coming back to the hotel as we leave for Hue tomorrow, going by bus as it’s not too far to go.