Right, whilst Andrea was having a lazy day shopping and "living it large" in Hoi An, i decided to hop onto an optional trip to the My Son ruins. These ruins were built in the Cham Empire which is now kerput. The point i'm trying to make is these were actually as old as they looked ! yes, 8th century stuff. Apparently, they are very similar to the temples at Angkor wat in Cambodia, only not as large and wasn't in any movies. It was however, a hiding place for the VC during the war so part of the complex was completely flattened by the Americans, there are still bits of bomb and craters about.
Apart from that and the link there's not much to explain about the ruins themselves, other than they are impressive. One thing i would like to mention is that it was located in a place that the locals call "Sun valley" because it's like a giant crater like valley that acts like a radar dish and sucks up heat. This was really HOT, just walking 50 yards from the bus to the nice cafe made me break out in a mega sweat, let alone hiking round this place. I'm sure that Andrea was thinking of me whilst she was supping on her lime juice and living the live ;)
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