Firstly, you have to buy a ticket to enter the old town 6$US, this is valid for the entire length of your stay. It gets you entry to 6 ticket entry sites. These sites include old houses of prominent Chinese families, meeting halls and temples plus the Japanese covered bridge.
Upon arrival we got an eye test from Chau's on Le Loi Street and ordered reading glasses each then I got measuredfor a Suite at Teoung's.
Yesterday we hired bicycles for the day 2$US each and we cycled to An Bang beach then the vegetable village at Tra Que. The village is deinately a must see. It is beautiful and peaceful and the food was the best we have eaten in the trip.
We spent the rest of the afternoon cycling around Hoi An old town, making the most of 2 for 1 cocktails and I got flags sewn onto my rucksack.
After dinner I ventured out to watch Afghanistan v Vietnam in the Asia Cup Qualifiers in a bar in town while Sue went to bed.
Today we took the free hotel shuttle bus up to the beach and we were so glad we did because it was really hot and we had a relaxing time by the South China Sea.
We met two lovely Swiss girls and we keep meeting them in and around Hoi An. They have been away in South East Asia for 3 months before starting University and are heading South on the day we head North.
It was raining when we ventured out tonight so we took the hotel umbrellas with us, picked up our glasses and I had my first try on of the suit which requires further alterations. We had dinner at a nice restaurant then went to get our umbrellas.
They had been given to other diners and were now 'at large' in Hoi An.
A waitress on a moped was despatched to seek the umbrellas out and returned 15 mins later with the stolen items. All is well that ends well.
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