Getting fancy in Hoi An

The next 48 hours, Sophia and I planned it with the rest of the vast tourist crowd in Hoi An, wondering around the beautiful town with its many boutique, cafés and tailors. We spent our time taking in the pretty lights and lanterns on one of the brief punting boat rides on the river (i’ve included a video of me failing to put a lantern in the water,), getting some temporary tattoos from the night market, and deciding not to wait in the long queue for Guinness at the Irish bar, even though it turned out it was Saint Patrick’s Day.

We both also got stuck in with the tailoring. I got a full gold and blue Tuxedo and three beautifully patterned shirts with Sophia, choosing Various colourful fit of her own design. we just managed to try it on, pay for and organise postage for all of our close a matter of minutes before our ride to the bus stop for our travel to Hanoi arrived.Read more