Continuing South

So I am in Hoi An. I don't really remember all that was in my last post. Hoi An is an artist town. Every street has six or seven girls calling after us "Where you from?" "You come my shop!" They make everything you can imagine. On the bus trip down, I met a lovely Scottish lady named Julie. We are sharing a hotel room to save money and it is great to have the company! Plus she is well traveled so it is nice to hear the tips she has. Yesterday we went to a tailor and got fitted for new clothes. I'm getting a dress and two shirts, she's getting a dress two shirts and two shorts. It is so fun having clothes made for you. I was flipping through magazines to see what I wanted and who should I see but Julia Dunstall. It was such a shock! I was reading a British magazine in a Vietnamese town and saw a friend from New York. How fun is that. So today I am going to get a pedicure for one dollar (such a splurge) and possibly a pair of shoes made for me. Shoes are of course my weakness. Everybody keeps giving me their business card so I come back to them. It's quite fun. I'm hoping to get to the beach today, but if we don't there is a pool in our hotel that I can always go in. The weather is blessed hot and I have been sweating the pounds off. Julie and I were walking through the central market looking for lunch when we found a British expat who now lives half the year in Hoi An! She told us all the great places to go and introduced us to the shops she liked. She lives in Australia half the time and Hoi An the other half doing charity work to send kids to school. The government won't pay teachers so tuition is pretty steep. About 1/5 of a persons monthly salary. Plus books and uniform and all that extra stuff. Hope all is well in Canada!