Our last day in Hoi An was spent walking to the beach via 3 moto helmet shops.It was about 4 km and quite a nice walk and we were spotted by Eden on her moto.She was the sweet girl from DC who I hope will mail some photos of the cookery course to us eventually because we forgot our camera !!Blob bought a funky helmet and we spent a few hours on the beach reading and burning.We decided to go back to Balewell for tea and enjoyed it even more the second time round.They looked even more pleased to see us and the owner came over AGAIN and told me how handsome Blobby was.She was blatantly flirting with him in front of me ....bless !God his head is growing by the day....he wont be able to get it in his helmet when we get home. So after a couple of Saigon beers and a few games of s***head, we had an early night as we were being picked up at 4 in the morning

A lovely taxi and driver arrived and dropped us at Danang airport where we caught a flight to HCMC.We had been speaking to quite a few travellers and decided we had had our fill of Vietnam for now and we wanted to get to Northern Thailand .Apart from crossing overland via Laos ,which seemed a bit stressful according some blogs we had read, the flight to Bangkok seemed the way to go.. Both flights were good and by 11.00 we were in our hostel checking out trains to Chiang Mai ,but not able to book for the following day so we managed to get a couple of cheap flights with Bangkok airlines with access to their lounge before our flight .It was fab..will fly with them anytime !!

So we had an evening in Bangkok ...What to do...?? There was a restaurant /bar round the corner called After Hours and the only safe massage parlour for Blob was booked up for 3 days ??? So we called Dan and invited him over for tea and beer.He only worked around the corner.Anyway had a great night solving some of the problems of the world ,drinking beer ,and there was live music that was quite good.Hostel ,Sunflower place is ok but dont put your leather bag or purse in the safety deposit box or it will stink of mothballs big time .Lots of rules and regs but fine for one night and in a very seedy part of town but it was like Fort Knox . Hadnt been in bed for more than 10 minutes when reception phoned to say they had Blobs phone .He had left it on the table of the bar.Last number he had called was Dan who luckily had remembered where we told him we were staying.Hence they found us. I think the only time we have used it is actually to call Dan lol .Tea break !!! xx