Hoi An what a little gem. Why has the world not heard of this place !! We left Hanoi on the 7pm sleeper, well if you could call it that, no one really sleeps!! The trains are a moving health hazard, filllllllfeeeee dirrrrrtyyyyyy!!!!! I didn't take a wee from 6pm on the tuesday till 12 pm, lunch time on the Wednesday !!!! (thank god for a good bladder) We had to share a cabin with two strangers, lucky for us they were English, he comes from Burwell, loves Cambridge and has drunk in the Cock in Gamlingay. Small world. Anyway we turned the light off and settled down. Half way through the night Bev was russeling in the bag between us. I thought he was looking for food, as we had brought sandwiches from the hotel to have for dinner and breakfast, you don't dare eat the train food, else you would have to visit the loo a dozen times, and as I said I don't do Viet Nam train loos!!! In the morning he told me that he wasn't looking for food but the four legged furry thing that came to visit was!!!! So glad I slept through it but Bev didn't get a wink after that. Well the sun shone through the dirty windows, which making photos hard to take. The beach sceens that we awoke to were to die for! Stretches of clean white beaches and blue blue seas. (hay it was 6am and we were to far away to see any rubbish, but I assure you it was there!!!,)arriving at Da Nang was an experience. As we unloaded the wheel chair, the train that was no less than 6 inches (yes inches) away from us started to move. We all had to stand still untill it had moved out, then we stepped over the tracks to get to the platform!! Like stepping back to the 17/18 hundreds!!! We were picked up as prearranged and drove to Hoi An. What a gem. Clean streets, smooth roads, 75% less motorbikes, restaurants that really do tempt you to GO IN TO EAT! Clean table cloths, clean floors, etc etc. 2/3days are enough though, as the only thing here are Taylor's and gift shops, the beach is only 4klm for those that want it but we find it to hot. I think that has been the only drawback, we are finding it a struggle, 36/37c every day, makes you tired. The sweat runs off you, and you just can't drink enough cold water! We look to what we can do indoors or by air con cars, but most things here are reached by bike, and mostly the type you have to peddle. We think about it but not for long!!!! But truly a gem. In my opinion, give Hanio a short stay and move on to the countryside, The real Viet Nam.