We’ve been staying at the Little Oasis hotel now for almost 10 days, so it’s become a home from home.

The one year celebrations started early at breakfast, and as ‘special guests’ we were treated to a prominent position, so we had full view of the entertainment they’d put on.

The Vietnamese love a good photo opportunity, but who doesn’t, and after this we were entertained by traditionally dressed dancers who performed a Vietnamese dance.

We felt honoured to be part of their ‘wider family’ at such an important time for the hotel team. Salome the general manager is a wonderful leader and so incredibly friendly and welcoming. She helps to make the place it is.

After the mornings merriment, we settled into an extended breakfast out on the veranda, checking out the veggie patch and the return of the sunshine.

All the vegetables grown in the gardens make their way on to the tables of the restaurant and fulfils the hotels ethos of being environmental and sustainable.

With the return of the sunshine we headed down to the beach at Bai Bien A Bang. It was a glorious warm afternoon and a proper wave fest out at sea.

We’ve experienced a change in the weather over the last few days, with more clouds and some rain, but the sun still seems to find its way through and today proved the same. We have learned to ignore the weather forecast, with its tales of rain and woe!

The beach and restaurant were both busy, with the majority of the sun worshippers being either Australians or Europeans maxing out on the sun loungers.

In between the odd dip in the water, it was back to book reading, with the odd interruption to finesse our travel plans with a spot of train and bus bookings and Booking.com ogling….

This evening was the big hurrah for the hotel’s 1st birthday and we were treated to champagne cocktails and a bbq.

After grabbing a photo on the party stage, we were entertained by the staff from the hotel performing a local dance.

Next up was the fire dancer who proved to be very skilful and at the end of her performance we got in on the act and put on a side show of our own. Not sure we will be booked again!

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After dinner and a couple of cocktails, there was more dancers, a DJ spinning some rave tunes, then a local guitarist before a final performance from female dancers with a peacock inspired show. Such a fun night and hats off to the hotel staff for making it feel so special.

Tomorrow we had planned to head out on a boat tour of Cham Island, but due to uncertain weather we changed this to Thursday, our last full day in Hoi An before we head north to Hue by train.

So tomorrow, Tuesday will be a relaxing day next to the pool with dinner locally. Until then.