Early start to be ready in time for our super discounted bus tour of the city. Brekkie was about what we anticipated and since our expectations had been lowered so far, we've decided to ditch the hotel buffet brekkie for the rest of our stay here and go out to some local restaurants instead. Their menu's look good and are affordable. With a country so abundant in fresh fruit and veg, hotels serving reconstituted fruit drink just doesn't cut it. Everywhere else ha...

We had to make a dash back to the markets as we found a small split in one of the seams of Sue's dresses. As we were walking out, there was our clothes lady having brekkie at the cafe next to the hotel. She spotted us & waved, took the dress for us & will drop it back to the hotel in an hour. She suggested that the popped seam was because Sue pulled too hard getting the dress on but we don't think that was the case. We were all just relieved that we didn'...

We decided to leave Daniel at the hotel today. He was a bit knackered from all the walking we've been doing and visiting the various old buildings wasn't his cup of tea. Sue wanted a coffee so we went next door and asked for a hot coffee with milk. She got an iced coffee in a tall glass with ice. It was hot today and we got a bit sunburned. Its the first day of our trip that we didn't get a drop of rain. The streets were unusually quiet and even the hawkers seem...

The My Son temple ruins is from the Champa people (pronounced sharmpa or sharm) and is thousands of years old. Our guide explained that the Cham people still exist in about 7 settlements in Vietnam. They are cut off from most modern things and continue to use their own dialect and writing system. They are a very peaceful people whose main activities in life are "to work, sleep and pray". They do not compete in any manner of sports or games and hold women very hig...

Got in very late to Hoi An but there were still lots of foreigners walking around the streets. We hadn't seen any Aussies for a while but it appears they were all bunked in at the Hoi An Historic Hotel. The lobby seemed full of them. The swimming pool looked promising and boasted a Western-style bar overlooking it. Actually this is somewhat of a rarity over here. Back home there's almost a pub or club on every block but they're few and far between in Vietnam. Sue...