Hoi An is a small town located just under half way down Vietnam on the coast. Hoi An is also the home of cheap made to measure clothing, needless to say we both took full advantage of this. Jonny found the very place that the Top Gear boys went to get there suits made. He chose the fabric to make himself a very smart 3 piece suit and 2 very lovely shirts which fit so well. I saw 2 styles of dress that were really nice, Jonny picked the fabrics and colours for each dress (as im so indecisive) and the little lady set to work. Less than 24 hours later the dresses were ready to collect. I was so pleased with the results, they were such bargains, less than £30 for them both, Jonny liked them so much on me he insisted that i buy a third and i'm not one to argue.
This little town has plenty of hand craft shops, and as the sun sets it becomes extremely beautiful. Along the river the town becomes a wash with coloured lanterns and candles flickering away. The lights reflecting off the river water made for the perfect setting as we found out one night having diner on a balcony overlooking the town.
Sadly not all of Hoi An was as smooth as it should have been. Originally we had only planned to stay for three nights. On the evening of the second night we had been for a nice meal. On returning back to the hotel we were both struck down with stomach cramps and yes you guessed it......food poisoning. Feeling truly rubbish we decided that neither of us were in a fit enough state to travel onwards so decided to stay for an extra night.
Two days later we were begining to feel a bit better so decided to head out into town where we could grab a small something to eat. While at dinner the rain started and within an hour there was about 6 inches of water on the road. Thinking this was rather cool, Jonny headed out to have a splash around in the street. As we finished dinner the rain ended and the flood water started to disperse. The following morning we had planned to just pop into town to collect Jonny's suit. As we were leaving the hotel we suddenly realised that we couldn't walk up the main street due to it now being a 3 feet deep river. The flood was like nothing we had ever seen before, the water seemed to come from no where yet it had taken over everything. Our journey to Nha Trang had to be put on hold for yet another night. Therefore our quick shopping stop over in Hoi An ended up being almost a week of being stranded for one reason or another but we can of course think of worse places to be stuck.
I love the fact that you have managed to find couture on your travels!! I hope that you are both feeling better - perhaps a touch more shopping will help?
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