Following the river from the Japanese Covered Bridge, is the Thu Bon River. A lot of old establishments line the river here. The buildings are more of the old French colonial style buildings with Chinese aesthetics.
A walk down the river is a pleasant one. The river itself is relatively clean. A whole lot of boats line the river too. Some of the boats here look pretty old and may be there only for show. Most of the boats here are for the river cruise. I wasn’t really interested in it though.
It was interesting to see the locals of Hoi An go about their daily lives. Some of the boats were being loaded with cargo and some of them even had some monks as passengers. It was still early in the morning and yet there are already a lot of people milling about. Tourists or no tourists the locals still need to work. In some way, the riverside scene reminded me of Boat Quay in Singapore. Since both have the same colonial style buildings along the river.
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