Hour of the Wolf

For the last two days torrential rains had been predicted to hit the Hoi An region by Thursday noon, but all that’s happened so far (it’s now 3 am Friday — woke up and can’t sleep) has been strong winds and rough seas. Well, we had warm temps and sunshine late Wednesday, at least. We had a tasty lunch in Hoi An Thursday afternoon, and then scootered back to the hotel for a brief nap before dinner. The brief nap turned into six hours of fully-clothed, lights-on shuteye, and now it’s just me, the winds, the darkness and CNN/BBC World reports on the TV. One more full day here, and then a flight back to Hanoi Saturday morning. Update: Jett informs that heavy rain in fact arrived around 10 pm last night, when I was fast asleep.


Suede travel bag, purchased today in Hoi An for $100 U.S. Nice color, style — would sell for an easy $350 or $400 in Los Angeles.

If I knew why this video is silent, I would try to restore it. You can hear the surf when I watch it on the iPhone but whatever. Taken around 5 pm Thursday.