Up at 9. Went to help on the boat for the morning. Still have our moped so picked sophie up on the way ! Bit like the locals 3 on a bike ! Went for a ride in the afternoon then for some late lunch. Back to the house for 4 to get ready for prize giving. It was an amazing evening with all crews. Four course meal and entertainment. Two of the teams had had clothes tailored for them. Then went onto an after party with free beers and a pool! Guess where everyone e...

Woke up at 7.30: had a 3 in 1 coffee ! Milk coffee sugar!! It's hard buying normal coffee here and Vietnam coffee is really strong with condensed milk ! Yuk!! Went to hire a moped with Jen and Gareth then went to Hoi An. Took around 45 mins to get there, wandering around drinks food etc lovely chilled day. Bumped into lots of other clipper crew which involved having drinks with them and catching up it was good to hear all their stories about their experiences o...

Up at 9 breakfast then on our crew bus for 10am to go to Hoi An old town for the day. It was amazing just how you imagined Vietnam to be. Lots of pointy hats, street sellers bikes and mopeds ; some Mopeds have families of 3 or 4 on crazy! Went on a little boat trip up the river. Lots of little shops nice restaurants and bars. Had a lovely chilled out day wandering around. Got back to our hotel st 6pm checked out and got a taxi to the house we are sharing with Je...

Had breakfast in our hotel then onto the boat at 9.30 for more maintenance and sail repair. There til 4.30pm In the evening met with our crew for a team meal in a local Vietnam restaurant. Bit odd the only alcohol they had was beer ! No wine ! After the meal we came back to the nov. Hotel and went up to the sky bar on the 35th floor : what amazing views and brilliant music with dancers and fire dancers. Had a brilliant time. It was nice doing something fun wi...

Woke at 8am had such a lovely sleep in my comfy hotel bed. Mind you when I first opened my eyes wondered where I was! Then it was odd getting out of bed felt the need to hold onto the wall, then I remembered I didn't need to as on land now and not the boat! Had breakfast then went to the boat to help with deep clean and sail repair. Jane and Caroline went food shopping for the next race At lunch time found a local food place to eat. Very back street !!! Almost...