Hoi An - pigs

OK, time for one minor drawback of Hoi An. When we were checking into our hotel late at night, we noticed pigs being unloaded from a truck in baskets. They weren't too happy about it, and were letting that be known. We thought - hmm, that's interesting. Then, all night long, we heard each pig in turn letting out death wails as it was being killed at the slaughterhouse down the street.

Let me tell you, when you hear the sound of a pig being slaughtered, you won't soon forget it. It didn't make the pork we ate the next day taste any less fresh, though.