We decided to fly to Ho Chi Minh City and took an hour, as opposed to a 10 hour train journey. It also cost less, go figure. Edd sat on the guest house computer and booked flights while I parcelled up our bits and pieces into a box; the post office had arrived with all the necessaries. The declaration form was filled out, signed, everything paid for and we watched 12.5kg's of stuff exit under the arm of the post office representative. I had 1 x very happy Edd.We ...

We were supposed to go to the tailor at 9.30am, but ended up only getting up at that time. Oops. We made our way to the tailor for our final fitting after 10am and were excited to see the final products. Edd's wasn't happy with the buttons on his blue suit and left with one of the assistants in search of button stores. I tried my dress on and they hadn't altered the neck line enough, so it had to get sent back one last time for a fix. Edd came back half an hour l...

I'd received an email the night before about an art lesson at the Lifestyle centre that I could join someone else in doing. I'd wanted to do a whole morning, but there had to be a minimum of 2 people and there was no way Edd would join me for that. I'd left my information with them in the hopes that I could still do the painting class and had received the email I'd been hoping for. I left Edd in bed and went downstairs for breakfast, having my usual banana pancak...

We were given brochures of things to do in Hoi An by our guest house and Edd gave me one that advertised art lessons in the old quarter. We called and they could offer me a lesson on lantern making which started in 40 minutes at 10.30am. I agreed and we went downstairs for some breakfast. 1 banana pancake and 1 omelette later, I left Edd at the guest house and made my way to the Lifestyle Centre.It was a bit further than I'd expected (the maps you were given ...

We woke up from our 3rd overnight train feeling well rested - we were well-seasoned train travellers by now and being on a train no longer kept us awake. The guys we were sharing a cabin with seemed to have little concern and / or awareness of anybody else. One of them had used my bottle of water (each passenger was given one each) to brush his teeth, even though he had a 1.5 litre bottle next to him. I spent the rest of the morning commenting on the water bottle...