Hoi An - Village O' Rain

Oh, hey humans! I'm sure you were all biting your nails in anticipation for my next update... Well, you are in luck. This past weekend I ventured to the small small village/town of Hoi An. As you may or may not know, I thought that I was going to a super sunny beach-y beach. However, it is monsoon season in the region! Hooray for rain. All day. All night. Water flooded the streets of Hoi An, as well as the floors of our hotel room. It's quite interesting to feel the damp, moist (ew), sticky air without constant down poor. I have never been so frustrated with H2O in my whole life. Once I got over the fact that I would just have to embrace the discomfort of rain, I began to notice the beauty in the small village. Although Hoi An is a tourist destination, it is very untouched by the commercial wave that has hit Siagon and many other Asian cities. I liked that.
The first day Debbie, the girls, and I went to a market. Because the girls are twins, Asians looooove to touch them on the basis that they are considered very lucky. Anna and Alyssa HATE this, and clinged to my legs throughout the whole visit. My favorite part was seeing all the oh so pretty lanterns, which you see here.
We got to walk on the beach (in the rain), shop for lanterns (in the rain), eat (in the rain), ride a boat (in the rain), and do roughly a lot of other stuff. Oh yeah, did I mention that is rained? Anyway, we also got to ride in a sick-lo (that's not how one should or would spell it, but I'm not looking it up, sorry). A sick-lo is a bike in Vietnam that gives you a tour of the local places for the smallest of small fees and it's really fun. Alyssa and I rode together and basically had the time of our lives. I taught her to spell 'cat' and 'dog', so she's pretty much got it made for the rest of kindergarten. I ventured to the village alone the second day to seek out some cool looking pants. Of course pants for a giant are next to impossible to find in Asia. The lessons I learned: 1. People with children and tailor shops are really good at ripping me off. 2. I'm too much of a push over to say 'no' to humans who insist on selling me stuff I don't need when unaccompanied.