https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-first-impressions/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-638893 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:26:44 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-638893 @Hung: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment about the free tours run by University students. Sounds like it would be a great opportunity to see the city from a local’s eyes.

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-619357 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:04:20 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-619357 Hi y’all, here is a native from Hoi An. I have a suggestion for you. If you can visit Hoi An once again, you can use HoiAn free tour. It’s a non-profit organization run by a community of university students in Hoi An. The very main purpose of this organization is to help these students improve their English speaking. What do you guys get from it?. It’s a tour around some historical sites in Hoi An, such as Kim Bong village to learn about how to build a ship or Tra Que vegetable which is the best-known “fresh” vegetable village in Hoi An. I used to work as a volunteer for this organization in 2 months, so I totally know that it is developing bigger and bigger everyday. Hope this information partly helps you guys have another striking aspect towards Hoi An.

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-1801 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:23:40 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-1801 Sorry to hear about your experience with Minh A Guest House. We were lucky in that they had availability the same day we arrived (without prior booking), but unfortunately Vietnamese guest houses have a bad habit of taking reservations and not honoring them. The same thing happened to us when we arrived in Hanoi.

]]> https://uncorneredmarket.com/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-1798 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:55:24 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/2007/02/hoi-an-first-impressions/#comment-1798 If you find yourself in Hoi An, which is overall a wonderful place to visit, avoid Minh A Ancient Lodging House. It’s a small place, so advance booking is necessary — but having booked to weeks ahead and then having called two days in advance to confirm my booking, I showed up to discover they’d given my room away and told me to go find another place to stay. They were unprofessional and rude. If you value even the most basic customer service, I’d stay away from Minh A.

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