Damn, what a rainy day! Twan bought some rainsuits because this is gonna be a wet trip. Hours of driving through mountains with jungle and villages. We stopped at several villages and tried to communicate with the local hilltribes. This is even difficult for a Vietnamese because they speak a different language. In the village near the Laos border we were invited in some small wooden houses, unbelievable how they can live here with a whole family. And still all the people during this trip a so happy and friendly. And more and more compliment from the local girls, I feel like a fuckin' playboy here :-)

The road to Hoi An was just paralel to the river. A river that looks even more dangerous then the Mekong with all his rocks. Twan told me more about the tracks and the history with Americans.

The last 30km to Hoi An was also a road through the countryside and some small towns. Here you could see the remainings and memories of the last flooding of September. Most of the houses are repainted, but a lot of them still have the dirt of the highest waterlevel. The first floors of all the houses were completely under water. Amazing how fast people recovered the town and went on with normal life after this tragedy. After visiting some ruines we were almost there...

Hoi An, arrived around 15:00, soaking wet of the rain. Dropped the bags and now it's time for shopping. This town looks so different, really nice with all these tardional styles of building. Lot of Japanese architecture. And tailorshops everywhere. I stopped at Kimmy's, this shopuld be one of the best places... 6 suits, 7 shirts and many ties. Well, after this I was out of budget so I decided not to go on with shopping :-)

This was the end of the Easyridertrip... Sort of. Twan is going to visit his family further up North and asked me to join him in the 3 day trip. In the evening I joined him and some of his girlfriends in Da Nang. After many beers and with heavy wind and rain I didn't feel that same anymore at the back of his motorbike. He drove way to fast and sometimes we almost hit some other cars, scooters etc. But we survived. After checking my suits (not everything was ready) I went to the Before and Now Bar, one of the places Karien recommended me. Well, this place was filled with backpackers, had some chats with Italians and deep in the night it was time to go back to the hotel.