Around Hoi An

Hi All

The gods were with us today as the sun was shining when we woke up this morning. We quickly grabbed our breakfast and then some bikes and cycled down to the old town which is located on the Thu Bon river which was not far off bursting its banks after all of the rain, but we travelled over the little wooden bridges onto the An Hoi peninsular an area renowned for its seafood restaurants/fishermen and boat builders which I suppose are pretty much all complementary professions!

             Once we had exhausted ourselves cycling in the heat  we pulled over to one one of the little trolley kitchens and filled ourselves on Wantons & a fabulous baked fish (Yes, Dean is now eating fish and has even started eating some veggies - as long as they are covered in loads of Chili sauce!!). The little kitchen was as most places full of family members and friends making the place look busy! One of them was making and frying these delicious banana & potato concoctions yes, you heard right), which they gave us to try after our feast. I could see why all the locals were snapping them up, but what a deep fried cholesterol overload!!.

To work it all off we then cycled our way over to nearby Cam Island  which was  much more representational of normal Vietnamese life. Before we knew it we had to be back at the hotel to catch our night bus to Nah Trang. This was our first ever night bus ( & hopefully our last!!). Vietnam has a number of coach operators who operate these very cost effective buses They are all much of a muchness, so you are really reliant on the driver. So of course yet again we managed to get the rally driving version, who to top that waited until everyone was settled and then repeatedly switched on all of the lights. If that didn't work then he tried Vietnamese Karaoke over the speakers, which drove the German couple in front of us into orbit well before my normal intolerance levels had even got to midway! Suffice to say that night buses they are, but 'sleeper' buses I think not for 1 hours sleep in an 11 hour journey is not for me. At least I knew I didn't have to get up for work !!

Any way hope you are well

Thanks for looking

Sara xx