Day 2 of Hoi An has been much better that the 1st day. After sleeping in, we woke up to some pretty damp rain (the worst rain we’ve seen so far). We headed down the street to a recommended restaurant that sold White Rose and Wonton Chien which was a refreshing breakfast. After breakfast I was off to the tailor to get a suit fitted. The experience of getting a custom fit was awesome. You get to choose the material and even the lining. I chose a grey pinstripe with a red silk lining in a fitted look.They said it would take about 5 hours to make so we headed to the beach.

It was the first beach I’ve see all trip and it was quite a change from Hanoi or Hue. The water wasn’t cold and the afternoon turned out nice once the rain clouds went away. We caught a small glimpse of blue sky for the first time this trip. The beach was about 4km away so the 4 of us (Javson, Will, Su and I) rented bicycles for $1 and rode out there. None of us had swimming trunks or towels so we found a small store that had them. They wanted 60,000 Dong which was about $4. I was willing to par the $4 as my budget was pretty high but the other two guys bargained down to about $3.50. It took about 30 minutes to save $0.50 so I was thinking what a waste of time. I guess when you’re traveling for months saving every penny counts. Anyways the beach was fun. The weather hasn’t been great so far so having a little sun and blue skies was amazing.

After the beach was done I went back to the Old Quarter and picked up my suit. They said it would be done at 6:00 so I could catch my bus trip at 6:30 to Nha Trang but it wasn’t ready til 6:30 causing me to basically sprint on my bike a few blocks to return my bike and check out of the hotel. I found out after getting there that the bus departed at 7:00 p.m. so we weren’t pressed for time. William didn’t want to ride the bus for 20+ hours so he headed off north to Danang by taxi to take a flight south to Ho Chi Minh City. We said our goodbyes and left Will at the bus stop.