I’m writing this on Tuesday, although it’s Monday’s entry. Just went to bed to try to sleep off cold after dinner last night. But Monday was good, despite cold. There was the option of cycling from Hoi An to the Marble Mountains and to see China Beach yesterday morning. But only about half the group went. The rest of us had a well deserved lie in and then mooched around Hoi An, which is a fabulous small town, declared a Unesco heritage site in 1998.
It is a waterfront town with an interesting ‘old town’ dominated by Chinese culture. But it’s also well known as the ‘shopping capital’ of Vietnam, particularly for tailor-made-while-you-wait (ie next day) clothes. So of course, I bought a silk outfit and a skirt at very reasonable prices, well very, very cheap really. And we both bought some t-shirts and the odd gift! The town was a delight and we could have stayed there longer and enjoyed it for a few more days.
The evening meal was spectacular. Well, spectacular in that the whole group had booked ourselves in to a Vietnames cooking class restaurant. It was great fun, we have some good recipes to bring home and really prepared and cooked the food ourselves, as the photos show.
My cold was much worse today, streaming, but again didn’t stop me doing anything. It was another lovely, different day.
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