The drive from Hue to Hoi An was scenic in parts, particularly going through some mountains, passing a lake with oyster farms and a short stop at a beach.
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| Those are fish farms in the enclosed parts of the lake |
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| Oyster farmer |
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| Boat - a large basket covered with tar. |
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| Boat detail |
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| Boat setting plus anti-oyster-thieving watchman shack in background |
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| Lang Co Beach out of season |
DaNang Museum of Cham Sculpture
How can you not like people who used the breast form as a decorative motif on temples? See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa/
Emma's research had spotted the Museum of Cham Sculpture in DaNang, a town we passed through twenty minutes before Hoi An. It was a great stop. The sculpture we saw was outstanding. Across from the museum we saw the very enjoyable transformation of a suspension bridge into a dragon.
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| High-quality pedestal base for god statue |
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| Great elephant/human combo, Ganesh I would think. |
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| Unit of seven lingams. Each one had a different linear pattern on the front plus small holes, possibly for the insertion of incense sticks |
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| One tripartite lingam |
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| I interrupt this report to show a detail from the Hermes store window in the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi. I thought at first the object in back of the tie was an Hermes dildo but now I think it may simply be a decorative lingam. |
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| Dance performance |
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| Dancing God (Shiva?) |
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| Three Fine Women |
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| Detail of Goddess figure (the rest was not high-quality) |
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| Breast motif |
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| Breast motif, inter alia. |
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| Breast motif, inter alia. |
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| Breast motif, base of column. |
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| Danang bridge structure turned into dragon. |
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