Crank pot

I had one of those day, if it can go wrong it do go wrong. Laundry wasn't done and I had sent in everything, iPod wasn't working, flights we looked at last night tripled over night. I ate a kit kat watched Zookeeper and pouted for a little while then we went to get pampered a bit. I got a pedicure which wasn't that great (a reoccuring theme in this country) but Michael went to get a hair cut and came out a changed man. Haircut, straight razor shave, nose trimming, back shave and head, back and chest massage for $11! He loved it!

After that we headed to our first fitting. Everything was fine with me, I'm not super happy with my pants but I told them to make them a little loose so that when I gain the weight I've lost back they will fit. Michael's clothes looked great. Finally a pair of pants that actually fit him! He got a jacket made but they only have girls zippers here so Michael will be wearing a ladies jacket by American standards. Since we were already in town we walked around and checked out the chaos that ensues when the kids get out of school and when the workday ends. Street venders pour out of back streets, boats arrive on the river to load up a million motorbikes and take workers home. The city comes to life. We also realized that the people here live well because this is the first time in SEA you see overweight locals and lots of them, especially little kids.

We ventured to a book store that we read about and met the American who owns it. He said his house has flooded 3 times in six years. They have many dams in the highlands that we passed on the way here, he said during monsoon season logs filled the dam, the government freaked out, opened the dams which flooded Hoi An and then didn't have enough water for the hydroelectric plants so the people went without power every other day for the entire summer! Apparently the government was unaware of the amount of illegal logging that was going on in the highlands that started the whole chain of events.

Had a second fitting and it was chaotic in the shop but it was good to see what other people ordered. Then we had a shoe fitting and we each got another pair of shoes. From there we had a cheap dinner since we spent all our money on clothes and shoes :)

Tomorrow after another fitting we are venturing to the beach!

Pics:
New boot phase 1
Michael getting a shave
Hoi An at night
Street seller who asked us to take her picture