We had a great day today, we visited Cua Dai Beach, to the East of Hoi An. We hired a moped from a lady across the street from the Hotel. When I say hired, we gave her 70,000 Dong (£2) and she gave us the keys to a moped, a litre of petrol in a plastic bottle and two helmets! Thankfully the roads around Hui An are much quieter than Hanoi so we both jumped on the moped and hit the beach! The top of the beach was shaded by palm trees which was just the trick as ...

This morning we flew from Hanoi to Denang then headed 20 miles south to Hoi An, another town that is a world heritage site. We arrived at the hotel at 2pm and it was 38°C and still very humid so we sat by and in the pool until 5pm. Just before sunset we took a walk into the town which isn't very big but very pretty (in an architectural interest kind of way) down by the river. We found a few bars, had some dinner and headed back to our hotel. Tonight with six ...