Still in Hoi An

So what do you do in a tropical paradise when it’s raining? We had tropical storm Matmo which meant I didn’t go out for 24 hours – had to order pizza as they were the only ones delivering locally. The narrow lane outside the AirBnB floods very easily and even some of the major roads which made going out quite difficult on the bike. Anyway, I had my nails done for all of £8. I had been tipped off by the nail place in Muswell Hill (who of course are Vietnamese) that the thing to do was have patterns on my nails so that’s what I did. The beauty salon was recommended by Katie the landlady and was down a narrow lane in the old town. The owner was the only one working there and she claimed she had staff but I don’t think that was true. I left my bike there to go into the old town and when I went back to pick it up I realised that she actually lived in the salon behind a curtain she had hung up over the back of the room – a tiny space where all she had was a bed.