Day 10 begun with an early 7 o’clock breakfast buffet at the Hoi An Historic hotel. It was incredibly delicious with a variety of foods, like omelettes, bacon, sausages, rice, hash browns and pastries. After what could be called a healthy breakfast we set out on our second bike ride of the trip. It took us through some of Hoi An’s streets to the beach. Once we got to the beach we realised that the water was very high and the beach had suffered some erosion because of a typhoon, so we headed down further to find more sand to enjoy. On the beach we relaxed and played soccer, some of us decided not to get sandy and bought drinks and kicked back on the beach chairs. We then got back on our bikes and put on our cool, Vietnamese-style helmets and rode back to the hotel. It was quickly in, and out again for lunch. We had some special noodle soup for lunch with some other foods to go with it like tasty prawn wantons. After that we had some free time to go shopping on the Hoi An streets where we were able to practise our bargaining skills. Some students returned to various tailors around town for a fitting of their clothes being made. By 5pm we got on a local boat that took us around a small island just off the main land, where we were able to enjoy the sunset. After the sunset we were given about an hour to continue explore the streets and find a place to have a free choice of dinner with our friends. We bumped into Vietnam Yellow which is one of the 3 Vietnam groups, they came down from the north of Vietnam. On the way home we took a visit to Mrs. Bong who had our washed clothes that were desperately needed. Then to conclude the chilled out day we took a dip in the hotel’s pool and prepared for the next day.
Ned and Joe
