Christmas in Vietnam

This Christmas, we left the kids with Grammie and Papa in Nipomo and went to visit Ian and Maya in Vietnam and see Angkor Wat in Cambodia. (Photos from the Vietnam portion of trip are here.) Read on for some Christmas-specific photos.

After sending a few days in Saigon, we headed up to picturesque river town Hoi An to spend Christmas.

Although we were on the other side of the world, Santa did stop by our hotel.



The hotel even gave us Bush de Noel cakes - although they were artificially flavored with an odd smelling tropical fruit, which stunk up our rooms.



The daugher of the hotel owners also got into the Christmas spirit.



We had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner at a fancy restaurant on the river, where they had live music and ethnic dancing.



A group of Australians at the table next to us brought their own lights and kept us entertained with their boisterous sense of humor.



On Christmas Day, we took motorbikes out to a village to visit the home of Mr. Phong, who we had met a couple of days before.



Mr. Phong's wife (not pictured) cooked us an amazing lunch while he gave us a tour of his village and got us up speed on recent Vietnam history and politics.



From Saigon, to Hanoi and Hoi An, everyone got into the Christmas spirit.