{"id":2532,"date":"2023-03-18T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:07:11","slug":"the-ball-in-hoi-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/the-ball-in-hoi-an\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ball in H\u1ed9i An"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After a very intense beginning to The Ball\u2019s journey, we set-off to H\u1ed9i An, in search of some rest and recuperation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In actual fact, a day-off on the road with The Ball is never a day-off. Nevertheless, the team was able to recharge its batteries and also to catch up on things like writing the blog, sorting through more than a thousand images and videos, corresponding with partners across the world via email and zoom, catching up on other Spirit of Football business and concretely planning workshops, visits, accommodation as well as logistics in the next legs two countries Cambodia and Thailand. H\u1ed9i An proved to be the perfect location for all of the above.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/the-ball-in-hoi-an\/16-03-_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1678976430&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"16.03._1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2533 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-427x320.jpeg 427w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-240x180.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-618x464.jpeg 618w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._1-980x735.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlights were the morning beach football sessions of the over 40\u2019s local fishermen team and being hosted at the An Bang Beach Restaurant by its charming owner Dong. The restaurant is big on sustainability: all of the ingredients in the food are locally sourced and friendliness is at the core of the operation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/the-ball-in-hoi-an\/16-03-_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1679130940&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0080645161290323&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"16.03._2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-427x320.jpeg 427w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-240x180.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-618x464.jpeg 618w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-980x735.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we were racing to catch our ride to get to the train station in Da Nang, Dong signed The Ball and had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don\u2019t forget to smile everyday. Because if you do, someone will look at you smiling and they will smile too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the link to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/anbangbeachvillage.com\/welcome-to-the-an-bang-beach-village-family-restaurant\/\">Dong and his restaurant<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a very intense beginning to The Ball\u2019s journey, we set-off to H\u1ed9i An, in search of some rest and recuperation. In actual fact, a day-off on the road with The Ball is never a day-off. Nevertheless, the team was&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/the-ball-in-hoi-an\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[110,111,109,64],"coauthors":[87],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-ball","tag-16-18-03-23","tag-dong-restaurant","tag-hoi-an","tag-the-ball"],"acf":[],"geo":{"latitude":15.8800582999999999600504452246241271495819091796875,"longitude":108.3380432000000013204044080339372158050537109375,"description":"H\u1ed9i An, Qu\u1ea3ng Nam, Vietnam"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/16.03._2-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}