The start of the New Year 2013

New Years Day on the beach.

Friends that we met on our Australia Road trip, bumped into them again in Ho Chi Minh City airport last year, stayed for a few days in Hoi An and we had a great time catching up. The family has three boys the same age as our three boys! We spent New Years Day at Cua Dai beach.

The computers get a good work out over the holidays, with the boys playing their favourite game Mine Craft.

Our collection of ornaments is growing.

The beach on a big day. The boys had great fun with friends body surfing and being smashed in the surf. They loved it.

Bike ride with friends that we met in Cambodia who were passing through Hoi An

Cooking Pete style! The bench tops are so low that I have to sit down to do all the preparation and cooking. I crank up the music through the computer and enjoy entering cooking land!

Just down the road they sell pots. Not just any ordinary pots. Just how can we get one of these home?

One of the many paths to explore. This path leads to a small group of houses in the rice paddies and is the only access.

Pete & Al's 17th Wedding Anniversory.

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Seventeen years ago we were here in Vietnam on our honey moon, travelling from North to South over three weeks. It was a fabulous adventure and one of the places we passed through was Hoi An.
This month we had our wedding anniversary and being here for it was great so we took the time to celebrate together - have even found a restaurant we have photos of us sitting in back then.

We had a nice family breakfast and relaxed around Hoi An which was nice. Our volunteer friend from Danang, Steph, joined us for afternoon tea and stayed to look after the kids while we went out for tea and stayed the night at the Hoi An Riverside hotel (10 mins up the road from our place).

Pre dinner drinks at the hotel overlooking the river with floating candles in the background.