Day 8

After our flight to Danang we drove to the small town of Hoi An--population 16,000. The weather has cooled some allowing us a pleasant walk around this charming city which shares Chinese, Japanese, and French heritage.

Our friends Mary and Ike finally felt good enough to rejoin the tour after being sick for the last several days. Hooray! Several others folks have also suffered the tourist malady but we are all healthy now.

We toured with a guide in the morning and then had our first free afternoon of the tour. This town is known for its fine silk industry. Custom clothing can be made in a day but it takes 45 days for the silkworms to make their contributions.

Chuck had an old fashioned shave and a haircut, not two bits but $10 which is twice the price he used to pay when he was flying over here 40 years ago. What a bargain! I then had a foot massage and a hairdo for $15. Ahhh.