Shopping in Hoi An

20 Jan, 2009 

Oh yes, we have found our favorite spot. Atleast from a shopping view! It’s so cheep to make clothes here. I have made a pair of trousers in thai silk , 2 tops in thai silk and a skirt.All that was 35 dollars. But then I went to the most expensive tailor and didn’t bargin at all. Linda has made 2 winter coats (20 dollars each), I really wounder how her backpack is going to look when we leave this town:). I have also made a pair of shoes and for 3 dollars you can decide everything on the shoes, how its gonna look and all other details. They took one foot print of both my feet, so the shoes are gonna fit so good. Besides shopping we are really enjoying ourselvs here. We went to the beach for the first time in Vietnam yesterday and today we all look like red crabfishes. One funny thing happened on the way to the beach…we went by bikes (5 kr to rent a bike for the whole day) and when we got close to the beach there was a closed gate and a guard watching it. He said it was forbidden to take the bike to the beach and that we had to leave it in his “bikegarage” and pay 2000 dong (2 kr)……but all vitnames people could just pass the gate. We got angry and didn’t wanted to pay by “princip skal” so we dicided go try to pass him anyway…and so we did ….well at least Cissi and Linda passed him, but he caught me…and wouldn’t let me go….we stood there for 10 min and an american lady passed and asked what the problem was …we told her and she just laught and said but you can come to the beach if you just go a little bit to the left….( 20 m) and so we did(and felt so smart). On the way back the guards waved happily to us. That’s so funny because they never get angry…not even when you try to bargain . Yesterday Cissi and I went to get a massage, a hair wash and facial cleaning (32 kr for everything) it was nice but not at all like home. In the evenings we eat good food and play cards…at 10 pm all places in town close and it’s time to go home and sleep….so strage….but we are always out longer …so we are not so popular in the restaurants(we are often the only ones left) and at our hotel…(they also go to bed aroungd 10-11 pm). Strage town. Take care Natalie