My Son and silk

An interesting day trip fromHoi An is to the ruins of My Son (me son). I did this on my third day in Hoi An. I originally signed up for the sunrise tour, leaving at 5am because I wanted to avoid the crowds, unfortunately though, that tour was cancelled due to lack of people. I was told this might happen, so they put me in the regular tour that left at 8. We finally got to the ruins at 9.30 and it was packed with people, Vietnamese and foreigners. It was hard to get photos without anyone in them, this is just what I wanted to avoid.
My Son are the most significant and oldest of Vietnam's ruins. I figured I had seen Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar and Wat Phu in Laos, so I should finish all the significant ruins in SE Asia and go to My Son. I guess the only one I'm missing is Ayuthaya in Thailand, but I will get there too one day. My Son was the religious centre of the Cham people. It was occupied from the 4th century to the 13th century. The Cham borrowed heavily from Indian influences and I could see the resemblanes in the temples. Unfortunately for My Son, the Viet Cong used it as a military base during the Vietnam war and as a result it was bombed heavily. This destroyed many of the buildings until a plea was made to stop the bombing and they did. It is being restored now as it is a Unesco World Heritage site but there is still a long way to go. I still enjoyed the place despite the crowds. Since I was on a tour I occasionally followed with our group and listened to our guide. I learned a lot about the history of My Son. On the way back we transfered from our bus to a boat back to Hoi An. We had lunch on the boat. The tour was worth the $7.
I spend one more day in Hoi An after My Son. It's been a mission of mine to have a good pair of silk boxer shorts. I sleep in a silk sleeping bag liner when I'm camping and I'm partially obsessed with having silk surrounding my body! I could live in a silk suit. I had a pair of silk boxers but they fell apart easily. I wasn't rough with them at all. I don't know what happened to them. I figured since I was in Hoi An where getting tailored made clothes is the thing to do, this would be a good place to try and satisfy some of my silk dreams. I brought a pair of my own cotton boxers to a place, found the softest silk they had and ordered an exact replica of my own for $8. They said more would be cheaper but I wasn't about to order 10 pairs of boxers! I went back later in the day and the boxers seemed perfect. I really like them. I won't wear them until I get home so time will tell if they hold up to daily life. I hope they do.