I left the city of Saigon this morning and flew to Hoi An which is located on the coast somewhere in Central Vietnam. At first I was a bit disappointed in the town - however that was just based on the taxi ride to my hotel from the airport. Once I had an opportunity to walk the streets to "Old Town" I figured out why so many tourists love this place. It is SO charming. There are all of these little beautiful, colorful, historic buildings. The town is also inundated with tailor shops. I was expecting this...but damn! There are a lot of them. I did my part and stopped in on one. Walked out about an hour later with four new dresses ordered....two summer dresses and two formal dresses. I'm not exactly sure when and where I'm going to wear these formal dresses but it was fun choosing the design and fabric and all. I also made a very rash decision and purchased some custom leather boots. I paid a fortune for them so I'm crossing my fingers that I'll love them. Boots (knee high) are not an easy thing to come by at home....I'm shorter than the "average" female so they never fit right. These should definitely fit I just hope I like how they turn out.
I also ended up visiting this free trade store in which all of the products sold are either made by the indigenous people living in the hill side or by mentally and physcially disabled Vietnamese. They have a really nice shop in the back where you can watch them sew and such. I spent a lot of money but I got a beautiful - one of a kind - quilt, two handbags and a silly gift for ACP (smiles). Ummm...I'm definitely going to need to buy some luggage while I'm here. Crap - just realized that.
Well I'm going to go make my way to a store - need to stock up on water for the night!
more tomorrow......
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