Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 06:35
Get up in a daze, check out, along with assorted pilots and cabin crew, say goodbye to 5 star luxury as G & T arrive in taxi at 4.30 am to pick us up on the way to the airport. Great flight with VietJetair.com.....Vietnam's (excellent) private answer to Easyjet. G marks pupils' tests on the way!
45 minute taxi trip to Hoi An hotel....certainly not 5 star but perfectly acceptable! Free WiFi though....
Decide to hire motorbikes and ride out to the beach, 4/5 km away. George gives me a quick (good) lesson and trip round the block...then Sue hops on the back and we're off, G disappearing at a rate on knots through the buzzing traffic...manage to keep up and suddenly the brain engages, the controls become more automatic and we're really enjoying the ride. Reminds me of times gone by...now, where's my parka?
Pay the parking man 10,000 D each to look after the 'bikes (which is apparantly twice as much as Saigon) and find spot on a great chilled backpacker style beach. Eat at one of the many beach restaurants. After lunch, George and Tom start playing Chinese Chess on the beach, I doze off...when I wake up there are about 15 Chinese tourists closely involved in the game!.....after about an hour and a short pause they start another game and a beach seller of sunglasses forgets about his job and gets totally absorbed in the game...for ages...
Return on the 'bikes and after shower, go out for walk and meal.
Brilliant day
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