Thinh stayed last night at the hotel directly across from our resort. (Bet his room wasn't as nice as mine!) We had seen him on the street last night (while sucking back cocktails), most likely catching up with other tour guides doing the same os him. We go on a walking tour of the old city area, including the markets. The markets are where we discover Robyn's threshhold for disgusting smells has been breached! She was reasonable OK until we got to the area where the fish were No closed shoes made it worse as heaven knows what we were slopping through. Tyrell and I were able to switch off and not think too much about it but it was something that stayed with Rob for some time!
This is just a half day tour so we take note of lots of places we may want to come back to later. We then board a boat and head up the river to a pottery making area. This is the only place in Hoi An that makes pottery and its all done without any mechanical help. It is mainly old people here and Thinh tells us that the youynger generation have no interest in learning this craft to carry it on.
The boat then takes us back to our hotel and this is where we say goodbye to Thinh. He is ging back to Hue by public bus (our driver went back yesterday after dropping us off) and we will be taken on our nex excursion by a Hoi An local.
And so we are on our own. The pool beckons so we have a swim. After a shower we head back to do some browsing, have dinner at one of the restaurants Thinh had recommended, and head home dog tired, more than ready to call it a night.
PS: Robyn is still keeping up but the cocktail of choice is now a Mojita!
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