Day 14 A Hoi there

18/03/13

Hoi An is tailor haven, there are hundreds of tailors about, literally every-other shop is one, which is one reason why we are here. We arrived in Hoi An by another 'sleeper' bus but as it was during the day none of us actually slept during the 3 and a half hour drive. When we arrived there was a rep from one of the hotels, she was offering free transport to the hotel, it just happened that it was the one we wanted to stay at anyway so we climbed on board, because the offer went down so well the rep had to climb into the boot. We got given a 3 person room then headed down to the hotels swimming pool. in reality it was little more than a bath tub so we didn't stay too long in it. After we had dried and changed, we headed out for dinner, we walked down the streets until we found the river front, most the places were rather expensive but eventually we found a cheap place, beers for 13p. Once the meal was over we left and were swamped by reps from different bars, all competing for trade, many of them offering free drinks (most turned out to be buy one get one free). The first place we visited we got a free drink, then rob challenged 2 other English guys to a pool game, I was his partner. Rob played poorly but I lost it for us when I potted the black in the wrong pocket, we had a drink ridding on it so we duly bought the other guy 2 'Pink Ladies', not the most manly item on the menu! Another place we got beers for 4000 dong (8p) somehow I don't think we will get cheaper than this. Tomorrow we get measured for our suits, an exciting prospect.

On the 'sleeper' bus again

The Pink Ladies