HOI AN:

From Nha Trang we took the night train to Hoi An, a small picturesque city in the middle of the country, a bit south of Hué. Initially we had not planned on going there but so many people strongly recommended a visit so that we changed our plans.
The buildings are beautiful and you find very tasteful galleries, restaurants and also nicely restored temples and pagodas.
It is also know for the approximately 300 tailor shops. Unfortunately we had not read the Hoi An section in our guide book very thoroughly so we were pretty unprepared when the first girl on the street came up asking: “Hello, where are you from? What is your name? Do you want to come to see my shop?” We followed her, not knowing that this is the usual thing and that we would be advanced by about 50 more girls like that. We ended up having a few items tailored.
Hoi An also has one of the coolest markets, you can spend hours just roaming around.
Though it was cloudy and for the first time of our trip we were forced to wear long sleeves, Hoi An was one of our favorite spots in Vietnam.