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DAY 08 HOI AN Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch have been reserved for 3-4 hours for additional sightseeing and/or shopping. This morning meet with a chef at Hoi An’s local and Overnight: Nam Hai Resort – One Bedroom Beach colorful market. Enjoy a tour of the market where you Front Villa will learn about the various Vietnamese spices and ingredients. After the market tour enjoy a private cooking class with demonstration and hands-on DAY 10 HOI AN experience at Brother’s Cafe. Learn how to prepare Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch various Vietnamese dishes. While the whole town sleeps, the fishermen are hard After lunch enjoy a walking tour of the ancient town at work, catching delicious seafood that will be sold center. Visit the former merchants' houses that are a combination of Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese at the city's restaurants and markets. Enjoy a unique style; the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge visit to the Hoi An fish market when the fishermen are bringing their night's catch to shore. To truly constructed in 1593 and Sa Huynh Museum, it capture the spectacular energy of this fish market, contains exhibitions from the earliest period of Hoi you have to visit at the break of dawn. An's history. This evening you may wish to dine at Fullmoon Afterwards return to the hotel for breakfast. Towns. The restaurant is designed as a miniature ‘Hoi An Town’ with preserved old houses and a Japanese After breakfast, drive to a local farming village throughout the picturesque country roads, and enjoy Pagoda. Your guide can assist with any reservation the fresh air of the countryside beauty. En-route, requests. witness the daily work life of local farmers with hoeing and soil, see the farmers watering veggies at Overnight: Nam Hai Resort – One Bedroom Beach Front Villa an organic herb garden or riding water buffalo in the field. DAY 09 HOI AN Later, board a boat for a river cruise to meet and engage with local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on Meals included: Breakfast experience of traditional net fishing. You will also This morning visit the extraordinary ruins of My Son, experience paddling the unique Vietnamese bamboo located in a ‘remote’ jungle. My Son was formerly the basket boat while on the waterways of this coconut palm paradise. This tour provides you with a cultural center of the Cham Kingdom and has now been window into the ways of life for both farming and designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Over 20 fishing communities. After having lunch, return to well-preserved monuments remain. the hotel and enjoy the afternoon at leisure. After lunch transfer back to the Nam Hai Resort and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. Your car, driver & guide Overnight: Nam Hai Resort – One Bedroom Beach Front Villa