Well it's been a CRAZY 24 hours. We left Quy Nhon at 7am yesterday morning with the hope of arriving in Hoi An 6 hours later, that didn't happen. Although we haven't experienced any bad weather there has been a lot over here, especially in the mountains. Lots and lots of rain. As we know rain runs towards the coast line which is essentially what we are following.
SO lots of the road is under water and some is even missing. We got within 6kms of Hoi An and no more road. It was just gone. This meant an additional 80kms. Not a big deal in Aussie land however it added another 4.5 hours onto our journey. 10.5 hours after leaving Quy Nhon we finally arrived in Hoi An only to discover the river (that runs through the centre of town) had burst it's banks and the first 2 streets were under water! We dumped our gear at the hotel and headed out for a bite to eat, we were all ravenous. By the time we had finished dinner the river had swollen further and the street we walked down to get to the restaurant was now under water. 'No problem' the locals said, 'we get you a boat'. So we caught a boat back to the hotel. We discovered a lot of the hotels on the water front had now been shut, due to the water levels. But never fear, our dodgy hotel located several streets back is still fine and now booked out!
This river is suppose to rise at least another metre tonight so things could get even more interesting.
Best thing seen in a small boat today, 6 Japanese tourists, with luggage, looking terrified in life jackets. Maybe they were more scared of having to come to this hotel than the water....
