Hoi An

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We set off for Hoi An with Julia and Martin (who had bought their own motorbikes in Hanoi). We would be driving along the Hai Van Pass which was one of the stretches of road wed seen on Top Gear Vietnam Special and we were so looking forward to it. 20 minutes after leaving Hue it started to rain – 21 minutes after leaving Hue we were soaked through! It rained for the full five hours. This wasn’t how it looked on Top Gear!

We arrived in Hoi An looking like drowned rats. Everything we owned was soaked including phones, money, passports, malaria tablets – the entire contents of our backpacks. The hair dryer in our room was on constantly for three days trying to dry everything. After wed finally managed to dry some clothes we went out for dinner and ended up in a club run by a Scottish dude.

The next morning we headed to a tailors wed been recommended, to get some dresses and suits made. I got to design my own dress choosing the style and material, pattern and any other little details I wanted for £10 per dress! Phil only got one dress made though lol We got measured up then headed to the beach to do some sun bathing – only one thing missing – the sun had disappeared !

The next day it rained so heavy that our room got flooded – just after Phil had spent five hours with the hair dryer drying all our stuff – he wasn’t a happy bunny when we came back from the mechanics (where wed spent most of the day) to find all most of our stuff soaked through again. Uhhh ohhh!

It pretty much rained the whole time we were in Hoi An so we didn’t really do much. Hoi An was such a lovely place and im sure we would have loved it if the rain had stayed away – but we were glad to be leaving.

-Phil & Alana

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