Another lovely lazy morning spent chilling by the pool. Lunch by the pool... Afternoon spent by the beach. Emma, Jake and Jack surfing the waves again. No jellyfish incidents today. Unfortunately the rain stopped all the fun at 2.30pm. Back to our room to watch the Olympics, an exciting women's beach volleyball (RUS vs ITAL) 5pm hotel shuttle bus into Hoi An. Picked up Jake's shirt...very smart! Re visited the gong shop where we bought a gong to see if t...

Emma and Jake made me promise to wake them up at 3am to watch the London Olympics 2012 opening ceremony ! Picture the scene...3am, kids and I are snuggled up under a duvet in our TV lounge area (Damian has a sore throat and decides he needs to sleep) waiting in anticipation. We are tuned into BBC world...no coverage. We switch to CNN...no coverage! Arghhhhh! We then start flicking...and find Star Sports live. Hooray, they have coverage but the sound is awful, th...

A 6.30am wake up call today! Picked up at 7.30 and driven to just outside of Hoi An to meet Van, who runs The Green Bamboo cooking school. Today she taught us how to cook 4 dishes that we had pre chosen. Me: chicken curry in a coconut sauce Damian: morning glory (water spinach) and pork cooked in a clay pot Emma: fried spring rolls with vegetables, shrimp and pork Jake: BBQ chicken skewers We were joined by Daniel, an aussie actor hoping to make it big in ...

Emma and Jake both up at 6.30am! Both desperate to get breakfast done and hit the beach and pool! We were at the poolside at 8.30am! The pool is lovely, lots of different sections to it making it interesting to swim around. The beach is idyllic. A lazy, relaxing day. Lunch at the Hotel beach house restaurant. I finished "50 shades" and need to get sequel 2 as soon as we get home!!!! Jake provided us with the "moments" of the day. While tucking into his tara...

A wet rainy morning! After breakfast, a leisurely morning spent walking round the old quarter... Kids bought a few gifts for friends, we bought another piece of luggage! Yes we have a accumulated a lot of purchases over the last few weeks :-) Back to the hotel after lunch at bar 69 to pack. Can't believe we are on the last leg of our trip. Taxi pick up at 1pm for our flight to Da Nang at 3pm. We thank the very helpful staff we have got to know very well at The E...