Thanh Xuan Hotel

We took the sleeper train to Danang, and are now staying in Hoi An, at the Thanh Xuan Hotel. A typhoon is threatening to strike any day now, but so far, the weather's quite pleasant. Danang appears to be quite a wealthy town, with plenty of expensive ...

... are in the move again, and take a short flight to Da Nang (USD60 each) where we are collected by a car  from Thanh Xuan Hotel in Hoi Anh.(USD21 inc full cooked breakfast) This is one of the best hotels we have enjoyed, the rooms are spacious, staff ...

... shakes - lady in big market in Saigon makes them ice-cold, with mango and yaoert (yogurt) - another Best Award - Banana pancakes at Thanh Xuan Hotel in Hoi An - The Best, like a giant banana fritter with honey on top - Indian food in Hoi An at Omar's - ...

... V Team would call his inn, the lovely Thanh Xuan Hotel, home for 2 moons. (See photo of bathroom above). See the Thanh Xuan Hotel at www.thanhxuanhotel.com. $12 for a superb room with minibar, sat TV, balcony, antique style Chinese furniture, a beautiful ...

... (went back later for 5 nights) and then caught train to Danang. Took taxi from train station to Hoi An, where we stayed in Thanh Xuan hotel at edge of old area. Cost about $12 USD for triple room. AC worked okay, hot water good, internet bad news, best ...

... the Hotel was not around, luckily Hoi An is pretty small so 10 mins later we walk into reception at the Long Life Hotel, where the receptionist explained that they had been searching around town for us as the bus company were not helpful at stating when ...

... and it feels like a one in a lifetime thing happening right on our doorstop.  It's very scary and strange sitting in a hotel in Vietnam watching the places we walk, drive and eat everyday at home on television totally under water.   I will ...

... the motorbike ride through the countryside than the ruins.  After passing by Art on the way back (mixed signals at the hotel) and photographing the soccer playing cows and a sunset over a rice patty field, the most interesting dimension of our Hoi ...

Today the three of us switched to a more centrally located hotel. Mark wandered off to walk around town while Tom and I went to a tailor to get some custom-made suits. Hoi An is famous for its tailors, the town has a population of only 120,000 but it has ...

... plezier en parkeert in zijn deur. Zo hebben Davy en ik de tijd om gezellig wat bij te kletsen op weg naar ons hotel; 3 kilometer verder. Jammer genoeg ziet hij enkel een rugzak lopen. Weer verliest Davy liters vocht (dit keer langs de oksels) ...

... chose the most expensive - Hoi An Life Resort and arrived with our backpacks on the back of mopeds from our $10/night hotel. For all her bravado about enjoying the whole backpacker thing, Sonia appeared remarkably at home in this alien world of luxury ...

... classes at the restaurant for tomorrow. I will confess that a large part of our afternoon was spent watching the aforementioned DVDs in the hotel.  I had all these great plans to go to a day spa and get a jacket tailored, but every time we got even ...