We arrived in Hoi An directly from the quiet valley of My Son Sanctuary, where the Ancient Cham towers rise from the jungle in a bowl of mountain silence. After that stillness, Hoi An felt like another world. The town was overflowing — lanterns blazing everywhere, streets packed with people, boats crowding the banks of the Thu Bon River as hundreds of floating lights drifted across the muddy water. It was overwhelming, almost surreal, and for a moment, I wondered if we had st