Well we arrived in Hoi An at 6am after our crazy bus trip! Luckily we had been given a tip about a nice place to stay so we headed straight for it and lucky for us we were able to check in straight away...this hotel is awesome...it even has a swimming pool which is a huge relief considering how hot it is here. For the past 2 days we've gone exploring during the day and then headed back to the hotel for a much needed afternoon dip!
Day 1 - After checking in and having much needed showers we ventured out ot take a look around Hoi An, it's such a pretty place, full of colourful lanterns and tailor shops....you can hardly buy anything off the rack here it's all tailer made. I got a pair of shorts and a shirt tailored and it takes no more than a day and the end product is spot on (I'm wearing my shorts now and they're so comfy). We pretty much just wandered around the 'Old Town' and markets all day which was really lovely. Whilst we were walking through the market we ran into Dawn and Hong again, they were on a cooking class tour so we didn't get much of a chance to chat. For dinner we thought we would go to this restaurant that's in the bible (Lonely Planet guide) and try some of the local fare for dinner, we got Cao Lau, fried wontons and white rose all of which are local specialties.....OH MY GOODNESS.....Deb and I both agreed that it was the nicest meal we've had since we've been over here. There was a little, old Vietnamese man having dinner there too and he was so drunk but he was just so cute! He spoke very good English and actually lives in Florida but is travelling over here for a while, he was sharing his philosophies on life and love and the human race and after chatting to him for a while we found out that he teaches people how to grow and care for Bonsai.....after we found that we both agreed that he will forever be known to us as Mr Miyagi!
Day 2 - We took a day trip to My Son (pronounced Me Son), which are temples and villages of the ancient minority people....nothing like Angkor Wat but interesting to see. We travelled down by bus and the came back by boat which was really nice and the breeze provided much needed relief from the heat and humidity of the day! We met some more really nice travellers again today
Tomorrow morning we're off to Hue!
