Well after a longer than planned stay in Hanoi it was time to take a sleeper bus to a town called Hoi An, this place is famous in Vietnam for being an ancient town full of gift shops and tailors, you can get a fully tailored suit with 2 shirts and 2 ties, all specified down to the smallest detail for about US$250. These suits were the business and if I was coming to the end of my trip i would have forked out for one. Instead I decided to get some trainers made. The town itself was very picturesque with a lot of Chinese influence very noticeable. And the restaurants were fantastic, you could get a draft beer for 4,000 dong which is 13p (outstanding) and I had Duck a l'Orange for the first time,
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