Day 15: Hoi An

Our hotel was so great in Hoi An! Sunflower hotel. We arrived in the morning and they came and picked us up for free. Then they gave us free tea and got a room ready for us and brought our bags up! They gave us a map and the wifi was everywhere and awesome. They had a free shuttle bus into town so once we showered we caught it in and booked our next bus trip. We stopped by a shoe shop and asked if they had our size… We were amazed when she said that she tailor made the shoes! We knew Hoi An was famous for tailors of clothes but not shoes. So cool. I picked out some sandles and flats and crouton picked some heels and little leather laced shoes. There were some boots we liked too but she didnt have the leather for them anymore, it was golden and an older style apparently. Dang!

Next we went to a tailor to get Crouton’s brother’s jacket made into a duplicate because the original had ripped. We started looking at the catalogues and I ended up ordering some pants, a blazer and a coat… Woops. Crouton got a blazer too but in different colours.

Then we went exploring in the old town! We saw the Japanese covered bridge and walked across and ate lunch where Brendan told us too, but the girl he told us about (that knew english really well) wasnt working! :( The food was awesome though, we had veggie Cao Lau which is a weird type of noodle with veggies.

We were kinda tired after food so we just sat on a bench for a little while looking at the cool old yellow buildings and the river. Then we ventured down the road exploring allyways and ended up at the central market. Crouton bought a red bean pancake and then someone offered us a manicure for $1 so we did that too. I am currently sporting a dusty orange clay pot coloured polish while Croute opted for a dark purple (purpa gurp) colour.

We did some more exploring and then had dinner by the water including milkshakes and wontons and rice and asian veggies. Nom. City.

Then we went back to the tailor to do another fitting (our clothes were looking AWESOME!) and walked back to the hotel.