Hoi An, Hue, and Hanoi in a quick 5 days!

Ok, so now we're past the half way point on our visa deadlines so time to quicken the pace a tad...!! Next stop was a couple of days where everyone goes to have clothes tailor-made - Hoi An! Another lovely little Vietnamese town sitting by the river, with quaint small french streets and courtyards amongst the endless tailor shops all fighting for your business... how do you choose!?!?! It's a tricky one i can tell you but we found one good and one VERY bad!!!

Due to my indefinite travel plans i could hardly justify having a load of nice suits or fancy clothes made as who knows when i'll actually get to wear them, so i just opted for a simple pair of trousers to tide me over for now. Really just for the novelty of having them tailor-made.... all very exciting, and for a whole $8 you can hardly complain! :)

We also dragged ourselves out of bed to get to see the hustle and bustle of the morning fish market at 5am where you really do get to see where the term 'angry fish wife' came from... hee hee! Was a brilliant sight and atmosphere though - all the women selling and buying, lifting and carting their fish and pushing each other out of the way in the process while the men having been out all night fishing would now sit back and relax, watching the madness all around them! Fantastic! :)

We also tested our cooking skills in the Vietnamese kitchen which was entertaining in itself, and of course meant that we well and truly stuffed ourselves with all the lovely food that we'd prepared.... papaya salad, noodle soup, fish wrapped in banana leaf... you name it - we cooked it!!!! And it even tasted good too, somehow!?! That would probably be due to the help from our little lady. ;) My gosh we certainly got our moneys worth - i reckon we ate enough to keep us going for the next week!