Good Food, Lanterns & (too much) Cycling

After our 16 hour sleeper bus ride to Hoi An (which isn't a pleasant as it sounds) we arrive. It's about 9am, we're both tired, grumpy and needing a shower. Sleeper buses in Vietnam aren't one of our fondest memories and this experience massively met expectations! Being that the bus was also full, we had the pleasure of the driver placing a mat in between our beds/seats/prisons for a local man to sleep on, great! 🙃 Our hotel let us check in early, and do what the bus originally promised.....SLEEP!

Hoi An is still a beautiful place, but has changed so much since last being there 10 years ago. From a sleepy and pretty town, there are literally now people everywhere! It's hard to even take a photograph now without a tourist being in it.

Being cheapskates we decided to make use of the hotels free bicycles and cycle everywhere in the 35°C humid heat, not fun. The term Sweaty Betty comes to mind.

We spent some time mooching about, cycling to the beach, cycling into town, stopping off at random restaurants, tailors, cafes and shops along the way. Cycling through paddy fields, gazing at the water buffalo, sipping on cocktails and wringing copious amounts of sweat from our shirts. We stayed for 3 more days longer than we planned but it was quite a pleasant and romantic place to be.Read more