We arrived at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hoi An on our motorbikes and immediately investigated a Tailors (one recommended by our motorbike guide). Hoi An is famous for it's tailoring and it literally has hundreds of them. After looking through some folders filled with costume designs taken from magazines we decided to mull over what we wanted and to check into our hotel, with that done we went to get some dinner!
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| Some wine with our dinner - we thought we deserved a reward after surviving the bike tour in one piece! |
The next day we checked out another tailors that Alan had been recommended by friends, it wasn't long before we were all getting measured up!
It was a long day running between tailors and attending fittings, but we supplemented the days activities with an excellent cooking course by Gioan restaurant. Run by two sisters the course is somewhere between a musical and a cooking lesson, both sisters love singing about EVERYTHING!
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| Cooking in style! |
The next couple of days we spent at the tailors getting fittings and having adjustments made.
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| Alan with the master tailors - he was being used as a model for a new shirt they were creating - we both got free shirts from it! |
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| Posing in one of my suits! |
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| This was my attempt to get something a little different! A one piece jacket where the shirt, waistcoat and jacket are sewn together and you put the jacket on using the zip up the back! |
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| Me with my tailor! |
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| My attempt at a James Bond! |
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| A blazer - again I though I would try and make it a little more unique.... |
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| ..... with a blue leopard print lining! |
After a few days in Hoi An - once we had finished all our fittings and shipped everything home (all 10kg+ of it!) - we decided to head south to Nha Trang. We booked a night bus and crossed our fingers that it wouldn't be another 22 hour marathon!
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