Our last morning in Hoi An so made the most of the opportunity for a swim before and after breakfast. Packed and bid farewell to the Riverside Resort with beautiful tropical setting and lovely staff. We have debated over the preferable area to stay....Raym is keen on the beachside as would be slightly cooler temperatures and refreshing water - while I like the atmosphere of the riverside town. Would also consider Da Nang - more of a city certainly with a lot to ...

Early start this morning for My Son Temple tour - being picked up from the resort by an (air comditioned !) bus at 730am. After various other hotel pickups in Hoi An we were off on the 45 minute drive to the Temple area. Our guide was great - with a cheeky sense of humour and was quite informative enroute as well as throughout the temple precinct. Enjoyed the countryside vistas - small townships combined with farming areas. Every possible space is utilised to gro...

A swim before (and after) breakfast proved a great start to the day. Crystal, one of resort receptionists helped with reconfirming flights, transfers and booking a tour for tomorrow. Then caught the shuttle bus the short distance to Cua Dai beach. We had been warned that storms and bad weather had eroded much of the beach away - but we were pleasntly surprised. We wandered a significant distance along to An Bang Beach which definitely had a greater expanse of s...

Leisurely brekkie at our resort by the river before dropping off some washing to a Vietnamese lady across the road then catching the resort shuttle bus the approx 4 kms into town. First stop had to be a tailor for Raym to organise for a suit to be made for the wedding. The dilemma was where to go as we had a collection of recommendations - and there are literally hundreds of tailoring businesses in Hoi An (not to mention the abundance of shoes, handbags, ready ma...

Glad for a sleep-in before breakfast and our final few hours in Hanoi . We had just enough time to wander back to the lake area savouring all the sights, sounds and scents of the old quarter enroute. On every venture out you notice different things amongst the maze of streets and the narrowest of alleyways. Mesmerised by the men making rice noodles and wonton wrappers or pork buns; the barbers; women carving pineapples, peeling water chestnuts, drying herbs as w...