Today we toured the ancient city, the many Tailor shops, and clothing stores. Yeah, we did spend a bit of money on a few articles of clothing but we passed on having custom made clothes or shoes. Once again, every time we stopped for a snack or meal it was fantastic!
In the ancient city, which reminded us a lot of Old St Augustine in Florida, we visited several "Chinese Assembly Halls". Although they look like temples or pagodas, they were actually assembly halls for special occasions. The halls are well guarded by scary dragon and people statues and the insides are ornate like a temple. The red coils are incense that families purchase and burn to honor someone and when you walk around, the ashes are occasionally dropping to the floor- or you head. Most of the ancient sites were houses and we go so caught up in shopping, we really did not do Ancient City justice.
Gary declined my offer to buy him a red silk tie with special insignia on it.
Last one is just the view from where we stopped for lunch.
Trip to the ancient ruins of My Son tomorrow.
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