Leaving Hoi An

Hoi An Ancient Town at Night

Man, Danang has a nice airport! We are sitting here waiting for our flight to Ho Chi Minh City, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to add a few notes about our time here in Hoi An.

Mainland Chinese tourists really ARE everywhere! As we were having lunch at Wan Lu, we watched a couple of large Chinese tour groups march through the street. As they passed, they left a trail of garbage in their wake. Hoi An is a VERY clean town. There are people cleaning the streets all the time with bins and brooms. It really bothered me to see the inconsiderate and cavalier attitude of these tourists. It made me want to say to them, "Your abhorent behaviour offends me a great deal, sir!" Then slap him with a white glove. But he'd probably slap me back and then find ourselves in a proper sissy fight, which benefits no one.

One of the things we did a lot of while waiting for each fitting was look for different happy hours around the old town. We found several... but few were any good. This cocktail for example consists of rum, passion fruit and orange juice. If you don't know what natural passion fruit looks like, there's some at the end of my straw here. Whoever thinks it's ok to put something with the consistency of snot into a cocktail is dead wrong. Because it's not. (Get it?! Get it?! hehehe!)

 

When we first booked the trip, we thought maybe five days in an old town may be too many. But I'm glad we did. It gave us a chance to really get to know the town, and observe local culture, including the mad hustle from the ladies in the market. Helen got so used to the streets, we no longer needed a map to get around. Plus, the few extra days allowed us time to take advantage of our beach resort, the ocean view, and to catch up on some reading. It was time well spent.

We are now ready to get back to city life. On to HCM City!