We met up with our then groggy guide and boarded our tour bus at four in the morning to the My Son Sanctuary. It was an hour away from our hotel, and along with around twenty tourists with us, we enjoyed the before sunrise and tranquil Hoi An Ancient Town.

Along the way, we were served a small breakfast and water which got me to sleep all throughout our bus ride. And by the time that we got to the My Son Sanctuary's entrance, we were asked to pay our respective entrance tickets, and ride a golf cart going to the main spot. Took us ten minutes, but I admire the people behind the My Son's Sanctuary's team all over the years for their passion for the preservation of the historic tourist attraction.

We were led by this guy (didn't catch his name!) from Hoi An Food Tour who, from the then groggy and sleepy guy, spiced things up with his humor all the way from Section A to E of the ruins. Soon after, we went to the museums and it is where some of the authentic and more remarkable ruins were displayed:

- My Son Sanctuary is a religious grounds that was built for Hindi worship starting from the 4th to the 13th century, and was only relocated from a place in the ancient Champa region to Duy Xuyen District of Quảng Nam, where it's presently found/

- Parts of the ruins are both authentic, and chemically-made and dyed in order to achieve the original structures of the ruins.

- There were a lot of ruins that focused on worshiping the major gods including Vishnu and Shiva. There were as well a lot of times that Ganesha was mentioned being one of the greatest Hindu gods.

A strategy for the revision of the Conservation Master plan of My Son is being developed as part of the current UNESCO Asia- Pacific World Heritage site project for My Son, and should be integrated within an up to date Management Plan for the site.

Hoi An's Champa Ruins' beauty is often paralleled to Angkor Wat, which I'm yet to visit soon, and I can't wait to see Cambodia's UNESCO Heritage Site!

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