<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 5 July: Hoi Ann Today would be our last day in Hoi An and with not few things to do. The first was a cooking class we had booked the yesterday. The cooking class would be held in a restaurant where one of the cooks would show us how the food is made after which we would re perform the recipe ourselves. The start of the course was good, we were taken into the market and shown the diffe...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 4 July: Hoi An We freshen up and head across the road to rent two bikes, today we plan only to relax at the beach with no intentions other than to read, tan and swim. Along the way we stop at the market to enjoy our usual Mi Quan and Coa Lau, before continuing down the main road of town all the way to the beach, its only a 4 to 5 km ride and the road is relatively flat, making for an e...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 3 July: Hoi Ann I'm up early, John had recommended that I buy the French rolls from a bakery just across the road from them, according to him at 07h00 in the morning, their ready to go and I shouldn't pay more than 2 000 VND. Half asleep I head down the street to them, there are already 10 others all waiting to collect the gleaming hot roles for their street stalls. I order 3, but the...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 2 July: Hoi Ann We headed out for breakfast to one of the adjacent restaurants, not the same one as the day before. On the way we were given a message by the hotel manager, J & B had found an artisan shop where the traditional art of weaving silk was performed and provided us with the details. We sat down at the restaurant and ordered two dishes of Mi Quan - there is not a lot of d...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 1 July: Hoi Ann I woke up just after 06h00 with the building going on outside, fluctuating between awake and asleep until 07h30 when we go up. Another swim before we headed out to breakfast. John and Barb had mentioned that in the market there were many stalls all selling breakfasts which they had tried the day before. At the market we found a stall and purchased a bowl of Pho soup whi...