Exploring Ancient Ruins at UNESCO's My Son Temple Complex

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The weather forecast called for rain yesterday. Luckily we ignored it and headed out to the Champas ruins of My Son anyway - the weather was superb! Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, the Hinduism-inspired temples were constructed in the 4th century, and were considered the most important religious site of the region up until the 13th century. However they remained occupied right up to the 19th century, and were used as a military base by the Viet Cong in the 1960's. Today it is a valued tourist attraction located only an hour away from Hoi An. Despite all this, very little local community benefits are seen from the governmental management of My Son. When we first arrived at 10 am this morning, it was more crowded than we had seen in Chichen Itza, Mexico or Angkor Wat, Cambodia. But once the tour buses left around lunchtime, we had the place pretty much to ourselves. Another great reason that having your own transport makes all the difference in Southeast Asia!