VIETNAM


Living the Hoi life


The ancient Vietnamese city of Hoi An is known for its epic street food and tailoring scene, as Erica Bush discovers


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I crane my neck and lean in closer


to Tien, whose orange T-shirt has the words ‘The ride of your life!’ emblazoned on the back. A Hoi An local, he can’t help but chatter away in spite of the noise, gleefully pointing out a pair of water buffalo bathing in the river and the pink- hued clouds that hang like candy yÃÃ >Ã Ìi ÃÕ `«Ã ÜiÀ  Ìi ÃÞ° I’m on a food tour with Vespa


Adventures, a husband-and-wife-run company that provides escorted tours around Hoi An on restored vintage Vespas. Two wheels is, after all, the preferred mode of transport in this central Vietnamese city and I feel like a local as I weave my way through its notoriously chaotic ÌÀ>vwV° ƂÌ x«] Ìi >À Ã ÃÌ ÌV with heat and I’m grateful when we turn down a shaded back street lined with coconut palms and corrugated houses, the promise of beachside cocktails ahead. A handful of locals watch with curious eyes from the shade of their front porch, while others laze in creaking hammocks, sleepy from


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