Well, the title says a lot. Currently I am in Hoi An, a lovely coastal town along the central Vietnamese coast. Hoi An is known for its colonial architecture, delicious seafood, and most overwhelmingly, its custom made tailored clothing. In all there are about 300 custom clothing shops in this town of only 120,000 residents! In the central part of the town nearly every shop is a custom made tailored clothing shop. I’m not kidding. There are some areas where you have to HUNT for food or water because the only shops that exist are clothing shops. It’s unbelievable.
After much deliberation I finally decided to spend some money and get myself some made-to-fit clothing. In all I bought a dark gray cashmere/wool suit, a light gray wool winter/autumn jacket and two fitted cuff-linked dress shirts. For ALL of these it cost 175 dollars, and it all fits me perfectly. The only bad thing about this is I had to buy a cheap bag in order to carry my new clothing around with me for the next 3 weeks…but it’s a price I’m willing to pay for such a great deal. Check out the photos below to check out my new clothing.
Apart from ordering dress clothing we also took an epic voyage to the temples of My Son about 40 kilometers out of the city. To do this we rented motorbikes…now, this was a tough decision for me. I’ve never ridden a motorbike before, but literally everyone and their mom rides them in Vietnam, so it’s pretty much the only thing on the road. Yes they are everywhere, but there are also basically no cars on the road, which makes riding around less intimidating. So against my internalized mother’s apprehensions I decided to do it! (see video below for my apology) Riding bikes was SO much fun…and there were only a couple of times when there was a close call or anything intimidating happening on the road. I’m definitely glad that I did it…and I came back in one piece!
Paul, that reminds me of when we all rode bikes around Brest, before we were really friends!
See no pics of the clothing . . .
So you’ll be the best dressed 1st year law student @ Omigod U. Just remember not to sartorially outdo any of the junior partners @ the firm of Dewey, Cheetum & Howe.
BTW hope the camera person on the second video survived – some of your viewers could be spewing even as I type (I myself am immune to motion sickness).