{"id":4048,"date":"2016-04-07T07:51:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T06:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:01:25","slug":"wet-market-old-quarter-hoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wet-market-old-quarter-hoi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wet Market in the Old Quarter of H\u1ed9i An"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best time of the day to visit the Old Quarter is late afternoon. Make sure to pass by the wet market and look for a spot to sit for a while. Selling and shopping is still done like 20 years ago. On the floor or at stalls along the road or under the tin roof of a simple hall. You come with your bicycle or motorbike to shop and you will not park it to do that. You simply drive along the goods and choose what you need. <br \/>Shopping Asia Style!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/246a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>It looks like a street with a lot of traffic but they are all here to do their shopping &#8211; not to get from A to B <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/247a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"455\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>Mostly fruits and vegetables are sold but you will find meat and seafood as well <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/248a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"505\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>They have a speaker with music playing so everybody knows that they are coming. A lot of the woman&#8217;s that sell here at the market did get something from the man. Nice to see that they do support each other.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/249a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>Just behind the hall is the river where the boats stop and unload the fish <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/250a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"393\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>Almost all of the old market hall is converted to small food places for the tourists now. At the back are a few shops that sell souvenirs and a few that sell dry goods.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/251a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/252a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/253a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"382\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/254a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"419\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>Shopping is not easy if you have to take the baby with you <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/255a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"909\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/><br \/>This is an interesting construction &#8211; the Vietnamese bike baby seat &#8211; but it works somehow! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/256a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/257a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/258a.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" alt=\"Hoi An Wet Market\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nDo you want to stay up to date and not miss a post? <b>Subscribe to the blog<\/b> on the top right or all the way down on this page!<\/p>\n<p>Support my blog -> Book your room here:<\/p>\n<p><ins data-cc1=\"vn\" class=\"bookingaff\" data-aid=\"964520\" data-target_aid=\"959368\" data-prod=\"sbp\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"230\"><br \/>\n    <!-- Anything inside will go away once widget is loaded. --><br \/>\n    <a href=\"\/\/www.booking.com?aid=959368\">Booking.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/ins><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    (function(d, sc, u) {\n      var s = d.createElement(sc), p = d.getElementsByTagName(sc)[0];\n      s.type = 'text\/javascript';\n      s.async = true;\n      s.src = u + '?v=' + (+new Date());\n      p.parentNode.insertBefore(s,p);\n      })(document, 'script', '\/\/aff.bstatic.com\/static\/affiliate_base\/js\/flexiproduct.js');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best time of the day to visit the Old Quarter is late afternoon. Make sure to pass by the wet market and look for a spot to sit for a while. Selling and shopping is still done like 20 years ago. 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