We arrived in Hoi An after a drive from the Da Nang train station and a 2 hour train trip from Hue. Our 3 days in Hoi An would be spent at Betel Garden Homestay, a few minutes drive from the city centre.
When we got to the homestay my first impressions were that I would get lost walking to our villa. There was that much greenery that I couldn’t see a single villa from the front gate! They gave us welcome drinks (passion fruit juice) and, luckily, led us to our villa.
The first thing we did was get in the pool, since it was 500 degrees and humid. This was what we spent most time doing in Hoi An. Once it cooled down to 300 degrees we decided to go for a bike ride into the town and have a look around. I think I preferred Hoi An to the other cities because it was so much quieter, with less people everywhere.
Over the next few days in Hoi An we had clothes tailor made, lots of great food, bike rides and swam a lot (because it was 500 degrees). This was one of the best stays of the trip so far and it will be a big change going to our next stop, the busiest city in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City.