Hoi An has definitley been my favorite place so far on this trip. It's a relaxed beach town with a very welcoming fun feel. We didn't get a chance to explore much of the city, but from what we did experience it was great!
So, as our adventure rolls on I have come to realize more and more the little things that I miss. I was especially reminded of them when we arrived at the airport to depart for Sai gon... First I would like to retract anything negative I have said or thought about ANY of the airports in the US. I would also like to retract my previous opinion of American Airlines and their bad delays. Okay, with that being said we had another flight on Vietnam Airlines from Da nang to Sai gon. We were enjoying our time in Hoi An and were running a little late to get back to the hotel to catch our ride to the airport. We hopped in the cab and he got us to the airport in a very timely fashion. (Timely is what the cabs here are know best for, because with no real traffic rules everything goes) Which turned out to be for no real good reason because when we went up to the counter they told us our flight was delayed for mechanical difficulties. (I was thinking great, another flight like the last one!) They said one hour. So, our 8:30pm flight turned into the 9:30pm flight. In an airport that we are accustomed to back home, we would walk around, shop a little, maybe relax in a restuarant, but here you have one option; to sit in your chair tight up next to everyone else who's flight has been delayed. It's crazy the number of people packed into the airport like little sardines. I had plenty of time to think about how thoughtfully designed the airports back home are for setting up the seats angled in different directions so you are not sitting classroom style with very little room between rows. (but I guess you can't pack in nearly as many people) There were several other things I was reminded of while sitting in the airport... (Which luckily had air conditioning this time) I think people in different parts of the world think different things are gross. For example, here a grown person with your finger shoved as far up you nose is completely normal. In fact, we have seen that everywhere since we have arrived in Vietnam. Soap seems to be optional here as well. (So, the "Soap is optional" Williams family fits right in) Bugs are just things that co-exist with the humans here. It's really gross and they have lots of bugs here.
Back to our flight out of Da nag, it was delayed almost an hour and 45 minutes. So, here again we were getting to our new destination late, not knowing where our hotel was exactly or what we were going to find when we got there. The flight was actually good, no excitement on the way to Sai gon. It was an hour flight that was in a huge airplane. (The size of the one we took from Tokyo to Singapore) We arrived at the aiport and again unloaded on the tarmac out the back of the plane from a stair case and took a standing only shuttle bus to the terminal.
I am not sure what I will do when I go back to boarding a plane from an indoor airport that has a nice air conditioned tunnel to board through and has the luxury of shopping and eating and relaxing in our own space. It will hopefully remind me of how lucky I am to live in Texas!
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