Hoi An

 

Good morning Vietnam. 

We couldn’t resist it, we watched Good Morning Vietnam last night on Amazon Prime. Released in 1988, but still worth watching. The brilliant Robin Williams at his best.

A free day. Just the beach, pool and bar to keep us entertained. It’s winter in Vietnam, The temperature is around 28 degrees Celsius in Hoi An during November. It’s their rainy season, but like many countries globally the weather is not as expected. Only the occasional shower to break up the sunshine, but perfect weather for two tourists to spend a few hours reading books. Amazon Audible for Janice. I’m working through the Neil Stephenson Cryptonomicon, which is a brilliant book, but 900 pages of print which needs a magnifying glass to read, so at my reading pace, I’m unlikely to finish this holiday or even the next. 

Dinner was in down town Hoi An, which required our first taxi journey for a night out this holiday. Hoi An is a port town, which has become well know for lantern’s and river boat journeys. From what we could see this has predominately become a tourist town. The markets, bars and resturants had more europeans than we have seen previously. But it had a good feel to the area and as usual it felt safe and very welcoming.

A fairly uneventful evening. A really nice and spicy Thai meal and then taxi back to the hotel. A full day ahead tomorrow exploring the area, so early to bed. 

Good night Vietnam.