My last day in the tailor capitol of Vietnam and it starts at 5.30am as we depart for My Son, the ancient ruins about 50km away from Hoi An. The aim is to get to the ruins before most of the tour groups do and as not many people like to wake up this early it should be relatively empty. The deal is that we get breakfast on the bus there, which is a slightly disappointing coffee and small roll, but it will do the job for now. There are only 6 of us in total on the bus and outside the heavens seem to be opening up and the road is getting flooded in places. The ruins themselves are quite nice although only one section remains semi intact and the rest really are truly ruined. The severe rain has left some paths very flooded and so unless you are Jesus and can walk on water you're going to get very wet feet, I obviously am not Jesus and so now am sporting a pair of soaking wet trainers.
Getting back to the Hotel I take a short nap and then roam around town some more before settling down in the same cafe from yesterday and getting my two coffees, some lunch and a cup of tea, more or less the same order as yesterday. Watching the world go by, and the rain, I kick back and finally finish updating the journal before heading out to Nha Trang on the 6pm bus. The ride should take about 12 hours and it's on an air conditioned tourist sleeper bus. The transport situation of Vietnam only dreams of being as efficient and having the coverage of China's and so for tourists one of the easiest ways of getting around is on the tourist buses that run between the major destinations. Hopefully I can find a nice spot on the beach at Nha Trang and just lose a few days to the sun, sand and sea...
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