The morning demonstrated Laura's inability to deal with the local spirits as she was evidently struggling. It had been a really good night, meeting some awesome people but the local brew will always come back and bite you in the arse. As you can imagine, the morning was a non starter with us both drifting in and out of consciousness. I made the attempt to catch up with the blogs which were ever more falling behind us. The Vietnamese staff in this hotel seem to h...

After lying in longer than planned we eventually got up and headed out to rent our bicycles for twenty thousand dong next door to our guesthouse. After checking them over we headed north towards one of the beach areas around Hoi An known as An Bang. The traffic was light here so you did not have to worry about motorbikes coming at you left, right and centre. The way was flat and we were soon riding amongst the flat rice fields which looked very dry and barren at...

The bed last night was more like a paving slab but we both slept well. I decided to go on a little mission around the nearby hotels to see if I could get us a better deal on a room while I didn't have my heavy bag on my back. This hotel unfortunately would not enter in negotiations with me about a cheaper rate so we decided to move on. After a few visits to some very below average ten dollar rooms I found a hotel which we visited on our search yesterday. They off...

This morning we decided to make for Hoi An but not before we made the long walk back over the river to town to enjoy another western breakfast at the Bread of Life complete with backpacks. The place was busy as usual and we did not hesitate on ordering a huge pancake breakfast each and a pot of tea. The pancakes, as usual, were amazing and always reminds you how you miss western food sometimes... Although also reminded us how unaccustomed we are now to the richn...

We enjoyed our breakfast at our usual restaurant with huge helpings of rice and vegetables which definitely bloated us out. We spent the morning as we had yesterday, haggling for a sun lounger and enjoying the quiet beach and warm, blue sea. Today was equally as hot and pretty brutal but we enjoyed it all the same. We saw another western couple and smiled at them before playing in the sea and lying in the sun listening to music. That's something I really miss....