Hoi An - After having our breakfast, we waited at our Hotel for Jack to appear and take us on our Organic Tour which I had arranged for my family. It cost US$ 260 for my whole family for 1 day of activities. My family was sceptical but at the end of the day - we all had great fun - thanks to Jack Tran.
Jack Tran is the Managing Director & Owner of Eco-Tour co., Ltd (
http://www.hoianecotour.com.vn/) and very season tour guide and it was him that took us on this private tour which began at 8:30am. There were parked bicycles at the hotels and cycling on the road was to my mind dangerous for my kids. So, I asked Jack to bring the bicycles nearer to the beaten track and he agreed.
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Choosing our bicycles |
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Trev and Quin in the background |
After cycling about 45 minutes, we arrived at our 1st stop and it was an eco farm manned by 2 elderly women and they were kind but could not speak a word of English. Nevertheless, she was always with a smiling face.
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Briefing on this Eco Farm |
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Seaweed used a nutrients for the vegetables (no fertilizers are used) |
Eco Vegetable Farm
My youngest had a go at Farm life
Do I know you, farmer?
Who is that pretty farmer?
Picking our vegetables for Lunch
The farmer is washing the plucked vegetables
Our 2nd Stop - Ridding the Water Buffalo
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Susan and Paxton riding the water Buffalo |
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My family with the Water Buffalo handler |
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Cycling to our next destination |
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Prawn Farm |
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Me and my wife (Pillion) |
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We fell down |
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We had a good laugh |
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Water buffalo having a bathe
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3rd Stop: Rest at Coffee Shop
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Coffee Break and rest |
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Drinking water and resting |
4th Stop - to the Jetty to board the boat for our sea activities
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Our private boat crew |
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Putting on our Life Jackets |
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Trev preparing to cast his fishing net
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Each one of us take turns to cast the fishing nets into the open sea and try to match the Vietnamese fishing man. Look how the Vietnamese fisherman does it.
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Our Catch |
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Our kids in this basket to the beach |
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Me and wife in the basket |
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Me and Quin reeling in the Big fishing net |
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Pushing the fishes into the centre of the net |
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Working as a team reeling the fishes down to the center of the net |
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Quin sleeping...so tired |
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Trev so tired and taking s short nap
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Preparing our Lunch
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Freshly caught prawns |
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Captain Cook cooking our lunch |
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Cheers! to a good lunch |
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One of our delicious meal |
After Lunch, we rested and one of the creative boat crew created a spectacles out of palm leaf.
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Harry Potter Spectacles |
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Off we go again for another activity - racing through the narrow waterways |
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Sitting in the basket through the waterways |
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Going back to the Jetty - one crew man in the backet |
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A visit to Jack Tran house |
After this we hop Jack's van back to our hotel. It was a fun and fulfilling adventure.
1 comment:
very interesting tour. Thanks for posting.
Chan May port to Hoi An Private Car
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