Before leaving for our trip, everything we heard or read said that Hoi An was the most beautiful, incredible place. I'm sure our tired arrival influenced our opinions, but the beauty of the city was overshadowed by the hoards of tourists for us. It was like 95% tourists in the old town (way fewer outside of the old town, but we weren't sure what to do out there).
Regardless, we enjoyed ourselves. We loved our hostel, SnapStay, run by Ernest from Singapore. Super comfortable, large rooms, social and small. We took advantage of the space and comfort and spent a lot of time lounging in the room.
We also got out a bit.
One of our favorite things was the Precious Heritage Museum, created by the French photographer Réhahn. He spent years traveling around Vietnam meeting and learning about the 54 ethnic groups and documenting their traditional clothing and culture. There was an hour-long film playing in the museum that we couldn't walk away from, and it paid off when we saw one of our homestay hosts from the Ha Giang loop, Hong, playing music in the film like he did for us in his house.
