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A day of bits and bobs without travelling any great length. We have less than a week left overseas, boarding our plane back to Sydney late evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caitlin getting a Vietnamese haircut. I got a shave from the “barber” next door. DW. The hairdresser paid me many compliments, leading to a suspicion I may be charged many multiples of what locals would pay. She even went as far as to fib about my Vietnamese being very good. CR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hoi An has a big tailoring scene supposedly due to its merchant history, but it’s all targeting the tourists now. In addition to the normal knockoffs there are ladies trying to convince you to buy custom 3 piece suits on every corner. DW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cau Lam is a traditional Hoi An noodle dish with thicker, Japanese style almost udon noodles used. It is more common than Pho in the old town at least. Here are some drying out the front of someone’s house. DW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Ba Le Well is nearly a millenium old and is the place where water for true Cau Lam must supposedly be sourced. I don’t know if anyone does that anymore. It is also down the back of a completely non-descript alley and very easy to overlook. This is particularly so as an enterprising family has established their Ba Le restaurant in close proximity seemingly to pull in any tourists who may be looking for it and rope them into a meal before they find the real one. DW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I was determined to do some form of tailoring. Caitlin and I are getting matching whale linen pyjamas which we did the measure for today. Stay tuned for tomorrow where we do the trial fit and get custom embroidery. Money hopefully well spent. Pyjamas would at least be worn, unlike a suit… DW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Declan is living up to his promise as a model. CR. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The old quarter is picturesque but not that big, we did a few loops around it today. The traffic is somewhat restricted in some areas, meaning we can walk side by side rather than in single file. CR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We’ve had two banh mi before this one and I had been disappointed with both – the meats were bland and cold and the bread tasteless. This one was a different, delightful story. The bread was crunchy and warm, the pork juicy. Hopefully a return visit tomorrow. CR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Being in a touristy area has pros and cons. Big pro is that there is ice cream. Con is that the scoops are precariously placed on the cone and on one another, which is why Declan is looking so serious here. CR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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