As neither Dave or I were interested in buying a suit there wasn't really anything for us in Hoi An. So we nipped out in the morning to book on that evenings bus to Nha Trang. We also asked after Daves sandals that he'd left on the bus the previous afternoon, it didn't look promising.

We went for breakfast at a bar with the same name as that we were supposed to meet up in the previous evening (no wonder we didn't see Ariane last night), and as we ate we were approached by a dozen or so hawkers selling lighters (we don't smoke), newspapers (we don't read Vietnamese) and peanut brittle (we are eating breakfast). James was passing and joined us for breakfast.

After breakfast we went for a wander and met up with Ariane having her breakfast. We stopped for a chat and Tony and James turned up. We told them our plans and they made their own. They were staying another day or so and were going to check out a beach a few miles up the road.

Dave and I went to check out the only sight my guidebook mentions, a Chinese style covered bridge, After that we just had a wander. There wasn't much to see, just a lot of suit shops. So for the last few hours we sat in a bar reading.

We went back to the hotel to pick up our bags, passing the bus we were to be on. When we got back to the travel centre the bus was gone! It wasn't time yet! The woman there told us it had gone to pick up the rest of the people and it would be back, so we sat down to wait.

When the bus arrived it was nearly full, I found a double seat spare and sat down. Unfortunately we were not the last on and I soon had someone sat next to me. Worse still was that I was sat over the rear wheel arch so I didn't have much leg room at all. I couldn't sleep on the bus and with not being able to move my legs, at several stages myclaustrophobia reared its head and I felt rather panicky. It was probably my worst time so far during my travelling. I read my book and listened to music just to distract myself.

At around 3am we pulled up for a rest stop. Thank Dog! I rushed out and had a good stretch. It was Bliss! After this I was able to sleep for a few hours until we reached Nha Trang.