We woke up early (as usual) and enjoyed quite a free breakfast spread at the J-dubs. At 9:30 we caught a cab to the airport and had the normal Vietnamese driving experience: a 3-car pile up, cars passing in oncoming traffic during rush hour...that sort of thing. Always fun. ☺Travis was feeling progressively colder all day, so at the airport Nicole got Travis some hot tea and soup to help him warm up. We got onto our flight to Danang and went on our merry way to the next destination: Hoi An, Vietnam.
We jumped in a cab in Danang and drove about 40 minutes to Hoi An. We passed a few beaches and some pretty golf courses on the way into town.
Bike Tour: After getting situated, we rented bicycles and rode around town to find a British-owned Pub that was recommended to us called Sleepy Gecko. Dodging cars, motorbikes, pedestrians, bicycle tuk tuks, shuttle buses, and other gringo bike riders, we found the Sleepy Gecko up an alley on the other side of the river. We grabbed a beer and a snack, while we inquired about the famous bike tours. Meanwhile, we were chatted up by a nice man in his late 60s from New Mexico traveling through Asia solo, although we never really got the story there. After phoning the owner/tour guide, the waitress told us to return tomorrow at 8:30am for an all day bike tour of Hoi An. We biked back to our hotel, and Travis hit rock bottom...turns out he had a pretty bad fever and some stomach troubles-we suspect some bad street food may be the culprit.
Nicole asked the bartender what is best for healing sickness and came back with hot ginger tea. She also ordered a coconut-orange-strawberry smoothie for good measure, which was delicious. We searched the strange TV programming and found Coach Carter in English with Vietnamese subtitles. Between the comfort of Samuel L Jackson on the TV and Nurse Nicole in real life, Travis' fever broke right around the time the Oilers won the big holiday tourney. Hooray for all! A few antibiotics, Tylenol and Imodium later and Travis was fast asleep for the night.
Nicole asked the bartender what is best for healing sickness and came back with hot ginger tea. She also ordered a coconut-orange-strawberry smoothie for good measure, which was delicious. We searched the strange TV programming and found Coach Carter in English with Vietnamese subtitles. Between the comfort of Samuel L Jackson on the TV and Nurse Nicole in real life, Travis' fever broke right around the time the Oilers won the big holiday tourney. Hooray for all! A few antibiotics, Tylenol and Imodium later and Travis was fast asleep for the night. 
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