Day 4 - Da Nang to Hoi An

We arrived in Da Nang and set the cab drivers against each other to get the best price for the 30klm trip to Hoi An. After setting on 170,000 VND we pushed through the crowd and into the minicab.

To those of you who know me you must be wondering how I am coping in country where road rules are almost non existent and where they do exist, they are ignored. A land where the biggest vehicle wins and where foreigners are not permitted to drive a car. Well I am coping quite fine thankyou!.

My strategy has been to sit behind the driver and to keep my eyes locked on my side window admiring the strange and unusual sites as they go past. I ignore any exclamations from Dawn (usually muted hmmmm sounds) and I ignore any braking from the driver because I know braking only occurs when you are heading for certain death because they cannot go on the wrong side of the road or mount the kerb to avoid becoming a splat on some other vehicle.

The cab driver ignored our request to go to a certain hotel and instead asked us to talk to the door lady at another for 5 minutes...no obligation. Lucky for him we fell in love with the room and decided that as we hadn't even booked the other hotel there was no reason why we couldn't stay here. I hope he got a good commission. Our hotel (Thanh Xuan) is considered to be on the outskirts of Hoi An. Which is funny because it is only like a 3 street walk to the centre of Hoi An.



Our plan is to stay 3 or so days , get some clothes made, do a cooking class, take in a tour or two.

It's raining at the moment so our patrolling of the shops was limited . We did however manage to get measured up and will go back tomorrow for a fitting. I must get some shoes made too!

I collapsed into bed utterly exhausted