Day 5 - Hoi An And It Is Raining

Woke up and listened to the hotel come alive at 5am. Had a great sleep till the airconditioning turned it self off some time in the night, the room then became very muggy and Dawn had to use her engineering skills to press the "on" button on the remote control because I was too out of it to be able to figure it out.



The rain was persisting but Dawn and I soldiered down to the Hai Scout Cafe to get breakfast and to ask about the cooking classed that they run down there. Breakfast was fun and we booked a course for the evening as well as the half day course the next day. Pho 20,000VND, Hot Chocolate 12,000, Sweet Coffee (Vietnamese Coffee and Condensed Mild 8,00



Our laundry had piled up to such an unacceptable level that we had to do something about it. With the rain stuffing up the air drying who knows when we will get out clothes back! So we dropped it into the concierge and hope we will see it again before we leave.

Dawn choofed off to check out what the go was with getting shoes made and I had a rest in the room then went down to the internet. In checking the 5 day forecast I found this news on the impending typhoon that is headed right for here. Luckily it is slow moving and wont be here till the weekend, unluckily it means that there will be rain for the rest of our time here.

The plan was that I would meet up with Dawn for lunch, unfortunately a few wrong turns after chatting to street vendors meant I was 25 minutes late. Poor Dawn who was left walking up and down in from of Miss Ly Cafeteria 22 was accosted by a woman who plucked at her leg hairs and declared she would wax them for $1USD. Dawn declined the offer.

I imparted the news about the typhoon and we discussed our next moves. The decision was to fly to Ha Noi from Da Nang on Thursday, thus avoiding a 17 hour train trip on a possibly washed out tracks...or boulders falling etc.

The stress of a typhoon called for a relaxing foot massage....