Hoi An

Well 4.45 start was definitely hard! I was picked up by a minibus at 5 and met Etienne (photographer) and headed to another hotel to pick up another photography nut! Then it was off to the river for a boat ride to the other side where the fisherman come in from the previous nights fishing to sell some fish, it was definitely helpful to have Etienne there whom the locals knew, as often when you ask to take a picture people pose in ridiculous poses and in Vietnam often give the peace symbol?! So after taking some photos of the fisherman we headed for a coffee and then to a place that makes fish sauce, well as I’m sure you guessed it reeked! The fish are mixed with salt and water and then left for weeks, after this the liquid is strained and presto fish sauce, apparently the left over fish mush is sold as pig food as due to the high level of salt the pork then tastes much better and pigs fed with fish mush go for a lot more then those fed by corn, so again we took plenty of photos and then moved onto a dry dock where boats were being fixed up and painted. Then we headed back across the river and the minibus took me back to the hotel where Bec was still sleeping! But feeling a little better, so we headed out to town again so Bec could try on her dress and jacket which were good but the dress needed slight adjustments so we went to get some lunch and then went back to try the dress again which still wasn’t perfect so we left it again and headed back to the hotel as Bec was feeling sick again. By the time we headed out to dinner it was about 8 so it was fairly dark and Hoi An was beautifully lit up with lanterns hanging at all the restaurants, its such a beautiful town and definitely our favorite part of Vietnam so far.