Rain, rain, rain...

Ok, I should have known that my luck with the weather wouldn't last... It has been raining ever since I came to Central Vietnam - 4 days of heavy rain in both Hue and Hoi An.
I have adopted a new fashion - rubber pants and a rain coat that covers everything from my head to the knees (including all my bags etc). Wouldn't even imagine leaving my room without these essential pieces of clothing ;-)

Some locals told me that normally the rain period should have been over already, but the typhoon that came in from the Philippines brought some very bad weather... I was a bit worried that the typhoon would hit Hoi An again (as it did on Oct. 3rd), but it seems like the worst of it was a bit South from here, although we've had a few restless nights with hard winds and heavy rain. The streets closest to the river are all flooded - but this does not seem to worry the locals at all, so I guess it's just normal...

I'll stay one day longer in Hoi An, in order to avoid problems on the road. I have to wait and see if I need to cancel my surfing plans - if it looks very bad down on the South-east coast I'll probably go towards the Mekong Delta and then the West coast instead of Mui Ne.

More to follow from (I hope) a sunnier place...