Day 12

The morning began while we were still on the train to Da Nang, which is 30km from Hoi An, our destination.
Because the time table for the train was mixed up from the delay, we didnt know when we would get to Da Nang, and the PA System was all in Vietnamese. Some of the group members were up by 5am to make sure we got off at the right stop.
We stopped in Da Nang 2 hours after the scheduled time and missed out on breakfast. We quickly took a taxi to the bus station and had an interesting ride to Hoi An via the public bus. We saw an old lady with jet black teeth and were told this was because some very poor people in Vietnam who cant afford dental care, paint their teeth in black enamel to keep them from rotting away.
At the hotel, we found the lady at reception extreamly kind and helpful, she also spoke good english, which makes our trip so much easier! The hotel itself was also good, and cheap ($6 USD a night). We had a quick lunch at the hotel's restaurant before taking to the streets to check out where we would be having cooking classes the next day. We also booked a trip to the Cham Islands for a snorkeling trip. After all that we split up. One group going to buy gifts the other group, to get fitted for suits, dresses and shoes.
That night we had dinner on the second floor to a restaurant that overlooked the canal running through Hoi An.