DID: Went to Cua Dai beach (about 4 km from Hoi An center.) White sand, palm trees, straw umbrella, warm sparkling clear water, view of mountains in the distance, cold beers delivered to the lounge chairs. Heaven!
Afternoon at the pool and I had two fittings at the tailor shop. Amazing what they accomplished in less than 24 hours. Mostly happy with my fabric choices but if I had to do it again I probably would have picked differently for one of them.
One more note on Hoi An, the streets are not paved in colors of OPI here either. A few full-service spas but no nail salons to speak of.
Full Moon festivities in the evening. For about two hours the old town was candle-lit and vehicle-free (including motorbikes). All the shops had mini altars set up in front with offerings of rice and fruit. Lots of incense. Musicians and martial arts performers on street corners and on boats along the river. River also filled with floating candles. It was very pretty but the crowds were suffocating. Glad that we had been able to walk around Friday night without the hordes.
ATE: Breakfast at the hotel. Nice western buffet with crepes and eggs made to order. Vietnamese offerings left a little bit to be desired.
Lunch – Hoa Hung Restaurant on Cua Dai beach. Jason had a pork/pate bun, Rhys and I had shrimp on fried noodles, Gavin had a plate of fries, we all had pork spring rolls. Everything was pretty flavorless, I would not recommend this place.
Snack – ice cream back at Bazar Cafe at Gavin’s request. He was very happy again with his sundae.
Dinner – Miss Ly Café 22. Had Hoi An’s three most typical dishes – white rose dumplings (pork and shrimp dumplings with a sweet & sour dressing), wontons (covered with shrimp, chicken and cilantro also with sweet & sour dressing) and ca lau (wheat noodles with shredded pork and crispy dough croutons). Gavin had pho and Rhys had fried noodles with beef. All of it was pretty average, did not live up to the rave reviews we read. Maybe under new ownership?
Dessert – ice cream at Nha Xanh. Jason’s passion fruit and the boys’ cookie dough flavors were delish. My mango was just ok.
SLEPT: Beautifully except for the caffeine from an ill-advised iced coffee with dessert. Was up until 3am catching up on episodes from this season’s Breaking Bad.
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