So after Hue i headed off to Hoi An, a quiet town made famous by it's tailoring. Here you can pick up a tailor made suit for less than $100. You can get anything made, shoes, dresses and jackets and proved to be too much for some female travellers, one girl i met spent over 200 euros buying 5 pairs of shoes and several dresses!! My highlight of Hoi An was the variety and cheapness of the food and the dirt cheap beer. From sleepy Hoi An i headed to the coastal resort of Nha Trang. Did a boat trip on what turned out to be a 'party boat'. We did some trips to local islands, did a bit of snorkeling/jumping of the boat, enjoyed the happy hour on the floating bar (floating in a rubber ring knocking back pretty foul rice wine). Also met a group of pro-Aussi footballers which was sweet so was out with them and the rest of the tour group that night. The trip also included a superb buffet lunch which i made the most of!! There were some good bars and clubs in Nha Trang as well so i went was out till late most of the nights i was there. Then went to the mountain town of Dalat, not a long journey distance wise but due to the terrible roads it was a long journey and felt more like an off-road adventure than a bus ride. Dalat was a nice change to the rest of Vietnam being much cooler. There were some terrific bakeries selling bread, cake and pastries for nothing. Got a bike out one day and cycled around but nothing to do in the evening so only spent 2 nights there. I'm now in HCMC (Saigon) which is very similar to Hanoi in terms of traffic noise and pollution. Been gone 8 weeks now!!
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