Hoi An, a city which used to be a major trading port and so has made its name in silk and tailoring suits and dresses in an instant for the tourists. So we spent a morning checking out a number of the tailors and their selections of materials (acting like we knew what we were looking for!) After all that hard work we found it neccessary to blow our daily budget and treat ourselves to delicious chocolate cake at cargo. It was here that money spending went down hill! So we proceeded and decided on the most expensive tailors (with the reason that these suits and dresses are to assure us jobs in New Zealand and satisfy our paranoia about dodgy workmanship).
We knew hoi an was also well known for its lantern festival (because we saw it on top gear!) and decided to find out when the full moon was - just incase we needed to stay a couple of days longer for it. We were so lucky because it happened to be that evening and it was really special. They turn out all of the street lights and have lanterns everywhere - particularly floating along the river. We had dinner on the roof of a restaurant (first yellow building in the picture) overlooking the river which was very romantic.
The next day we went nervously for our 2nd fitting but all fears were eased and so I ordered a second dress ( a silk party dress rather than a work one). We seemed to be enjoying just chilling out in Hoi An and so stayed a few more days than we initially planned- sight seeing around the old traders houses, clothes fittings, eating, buying gifts and generally spending our money!! Quick we needed to move on...... having overstayed we now didnt have time for the mekong delta but we had taken the decision that we didnt mind. So two days of travel were ahead of us- one bus with beds on it - luxury, a night in saigon and then a day bus to take us all the way to siem reap in cambodia..... 48 hours of fun.
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