点评:Lanterns in Old town are pretty, yes. The heritage museum was beautiful. And we played some minigolf and yeah, had some nice greek food…..
But the mentality in Hoi An is intense and the sales women and men are so aggressive - putting toys in our childrens hands without asking and coming up to you constantly - like every minut - and not taking no for an answer. You could not sit on the beach or in a café without having to deal with people engaging with you - not to be friendly (as I so naively thought), but to get you to by something. I know they have had a hard time with the rain and floods and the people of Hoi An have had to bounce back - but this is just too intense for most tourists. Most interactions would start by “friendly questions” but ended with asking for money, whatsapp-number or a 5-star review on gooogle. So tiresome. Also, most photos and reviews are fake or at best polished, and the quality of food most places were not as expected. Same not-homemade springrolls and same-tasting Pho. Even restaurants with really good ratings were just not very impressing. It made it hard to navigate the town, and sometimes it felt absurd or unreal because reality did not match expectations (Google review, pictures, trustpilot, booking ect.).
We had wanted to do many of the tours -like to My Son -but after 3 days i Hoi An we decided to do none of the tours so to not be anymore diaappointed. We checked in to a hotel and “hid” by the pool until we could get away from the area (flew to Hanoi) . Even stayed away from the beaches in Hoi An because of the trash, half-finished hotels and saleswomen with baskets.
翻译:古镇的灯笼确实很漂亮。文物博物馆也很美。我们还玩了迷你高尔夫,也吃了美味的希腊菜……但是会安的氛围太压抑了,售货员们咄咄逼人——不问就把玩具塞到孩子手里,还不停地凑过来推销,几乎每分钟都来一次,而且根本不接受拒绝。你根本没法在沙滩上或咖啡馆里静静地坐着,总有人跟你搭讪——他们不是出于友好(我当时天真地以为是这样),而是为了让你买东西。我知道会安经历了暴雨和洪水的考验,当地居民一直在努力重建——但这对于大多数游客来说实在太过了。大多数时候,人们会以“友好询问”开始,但最终都会以索要钱财、WhatsApp号码或在谷歌上留下五星好评而告终。真是令人厌烦。此外,大多数照片和评论都是假的,或者充其量是经过修饰的,而且大多数餐厅的食物质量也远低于预期。还是那些不新鲜的春卷和味道一样的越南河粉。就连评分很高的餐厅也让人失望。这让我们很难在会安找到方向,有时感觉很荒谬,很不真实,因为现实与预期(谷歌评论、图片、Trustpilot、预订信息等等)完全不符。
我们原本想参加很多旅行团——比如去美山——但在会安待了三天后,为了避免更加失望,我们决定放弃所有旅行团。我们入住了一家酒店,躲在泳池边,直到可以离开那里(飞往河内)。我们甚至避开了会安的海滩,因为那里垃圾遍地,酒店半成品,还有提着篮子的推销员。