Hoi An, Hindu temple

Hoi An is lovely. It is a small town where everything is laid out on a few main streets. Despite the constant attention from various cute teenage girls who beg “Please, you come to see my sister’s clothes shop?”, it is very relaxing. I should stress here that I would not normally find the attentions of cute teenage girls stressful, but the truth is Hoi An is the tailoring capital of the Asian world and clothes shops are big business. We change some money and have some of the local lunch speciality – “Cau Lau”, a mixture of noodles, croutons, fried pork and salad which is delicious.
We take a long afternoon nap to rejuvenate after the exhausting night and venture out in the slightly cooler night to Hoi An’s beautiful lantern lit streets. We try out the Yellow River Restaurant and enjoy the magical atmosphere of the town. We do the rounds of the sights and the late-opening clothes shops. Pam is keen for new clothes but cautious until we’ve explored all the options. Back at the hotel its only 11pm but the Vietnamese go to bed early and the guys who run the hotel are asleep in the lobby, on the marble floor…

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