My last 2 days in Hoi An (I did leave eventually!)

I spent a full day relaxing by the pool at my hotel in Hoi An. Was pretty nice to have some time to relax, read and write my blog!

We went to get dinner at a French place I'd been recommended but when Google maps didn't lead me to the right place, we just ate along the river. It was really nice to see all the lanterns lighting up the river.

Our view at dinner of the river

Someone floating a candle in the river

A boat must have got to close to the edge or something, as when we got out of the restaurant, the whole area but the river was flooded!

Floods by the river

We woke up the next day to find the rain pouring down with not much hope of it stopping. After breakfast we all headed back upstairs to our dorm room that we had named 'the attic' as it was on the top floor- a floor above the last floor the elevator went to. We'd named ourselves 'the lost children' as none of us seemed to be able to leave Hoi An!

When the weather cleared up, me and Michelle decided we'd cycle to the far away beach- Cua Dai beach. We armed ourselves with our raincoats just in case, and headed out.

On the way to the beach

It was nice to see a bit more of Hoi An on the way and I didn't think the ride there was too bad either.

Cua Dai beach

I didn't think the beach itself was as nice as the other one in Hoi An, but was still nice to chill by the beach. We sat down in some chairs and were approached by a lady who was trying to sell souvenirs. She started talking to us and it was interesting to hear about her life until she started trying to get us to buy things.

Chairs on the beach

We cycled back and it started to rain a bit as we headed back. The local school must have just finished as we cycled past, as the whole area of road by the school was full of motorbikes- all who were trying to pick up their kids. It was hard to get through as there were bikes going to all directions and it was basically gridlocked!

                 Our bikes

Once we'd made it back to the hotel, we thought we just go across the road to 'waving lady' for dinner. Waving lady, as her name suggests, likes to wave a lot whenever we walk out of the hotel. I had a very nice local dish called 'Cao lau' and a beer- all for less than £2! 

There was some kind of football game going on as the locals were going crazy watching the match next door which was quite funny.