Last night we went to the awesome shake restaurant, and had shakes and played cards. On the way to the restaurant, Courtney got kissed by a local, on the cheek!
We headed back to the guest house about 10:00.
Up at 6:00AM, showered, packed, checked out and waited downstairs in hotel lobby. Bus came at 8:00.
About 9:45, the bus stopped at Lang Co Beach for about 20 minutes. Nice beach, kind of dirty, though. To the south of the beach was a mountain range, it was an incredible view.
The bus continued south, and climbed up the mountain range, and stopped at the top. We got out, and there was some amazing views of beaches on both sides of the range. Incredible, beaches for miles and miles.
A while later, we stopped at Marble Mountain cave, but we didn't go in, we've seen enough caves, and don't need to see anymore. The town has lots and lots and lots or marble sculpture stores, creating some amazing sculptures of lions and eagles and elephants. They were huge sculptures.
The bus continued on to Danang. Danang is a city built along a huge beach, that stretches for miles and miles. By the look of things, they are just trying to get the tourist industry happening here, lots and lots of work being done along the waterfront.
We made it to Hoi An about 1:30, and the bus stopped at Thien Trung Hotel, and we got off. Very beautiful hotel, looks expensive, but it was only $4/person, and includes everything (A/C, fan, satellite TV, hot water, and even a tub!!!) They showed us a room, and it was for two people, we asked to see a room for three (so Dana could stay with us), but were told they can't have 3 people in a room, the local gov't won't allow it, they will only allow 2 people to stay in a hotel room. Dana was not impressed, because she would have to pay $7 for a room by herself. Courtney and I were ready to take the room for the two of us, when the lady finally took us upstairs to a room with a double bed and a single bed, and told us $12.00 for the room, but she told us to, please, if anyone asks how many people are staying in the room, there are only two in the room. As we were going upstairs, another guy (local, hotel employee, I think), asked me where I was staying, and I said with them, pointed to Court and Dana, and he said, "Three in one room??? Oiiii.", and didn't sound like it was a good idea to him. Strange.
When we checked in, the lady told us we get a 5% discount at Nhat Vy tailor/clothing shop, just a few shops down from the hotel. Ends up being the same place that Darren and Mavis got their clothes done. I ordered 2 suits, 2 shirts and another casual shirt. The suits were $30US each, the shirts $8US each, and the casual was..hmm, forget, like $7 or something. I might order more tomorrow, we'll see. Court ordered a jacket for $25, and Dana ordered a few things too. After we orderd, they measure us all up, then we can leave. We have to back at 8:00 tonight for our fitting.
It's so cool, they have all kinds of fashion magazines and books, and you just browse through, and pick out anything, and they will make it! Same day service too!
We walked around for a while, then went back to the room and showered. Walked around some more, and Court found lots and lots and lots of jackets she wants. She ended up buying 3 more jackets (winter jackets), one is white with light purple fur inside (this one is VERY nice), a beige one, and a very nice blue one. She paid $96US for all four. She would have paid over $150.00CDN for one jacket in Canada. She loves it here.
We went for supper, I ate a huge pizza. It was quite good, and nice to have a pizza from rice.
They have some sort of carnival in town tonight at the waterfront, so we walked down there, lots of people, music (traditional-type music), and they had a big stage on the water, showing traditional dance. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay long, as we had to go back for our fitting at 8:00.
We got back to the tailor, and everything we had ordered was ready. We tried it all on, it all fit perfect, and was very nice, so Dana and Court got more stuff, and I ordered a fleece jacket for $13 also. She tells us the stuff will be readabout 10:00AM the next day.
We went for a drink at a restaurant, then to an internet for a short while, then back to the hotel.
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