About an hour south west of Hoi An takes you to a lush mountain area where you will find the ruins of My Son, a site of temples and sanctuaries built by the Cham kings between the 7th and 13th centuries. The buildings were built for meditation and prayer and it’s easy to see why they chose this tranquil and beautiful area. They had remained in tact when uncovered by the French in the 19th century but the Americans bombed the place to bits in the war so the original 70 temples are now 27, many of those still standing badly damaged, the land showing the scars of many craters, but they are now painstakingly being restored.

There are many statues of Shiva but all have had their heads taken, most likely now in museums across the globe.

The temples must have been awe inspiring in their day and still hold an air of grandeur and majesty.

There are apparently mountains up there but can’t see them for the mist.