August brought some of our final weeks in Singapore. Nonetheless, we couldn’t let a four-day weekend pass us by without a final jaunt away from the Little Red Dot. As Singapore was celebrating its 50th birthday, we opted to commemorate our own Singaporean experience. And what better way than leaving??? Yes, it was a bit counterintuitive, but we were looking to cap off our Asian travel adventures with a bit of a grand finale.
The totally illogical and indulgent line of thinking was this: Because we had such an awesome travel run throughout Asia, we really couldn’t risk our last trip letting us down. It would be an absolute shame to be disappointed by some place new…to have to rough it at a mid-tier hotel…to have to endure another bout of Bali belly.
Okay, okay…now that I’ve seriously over rationalized this extravagance, I’m happy to report back that our decision to pull out all the stops, book in at The Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An, Vietnam, and fully marinate in some of Asia’s finest hospitality was worth every single penny. In my book, The Nam Hai is in the running for most luxurious resort that I’ve stayed. And given the new 40% income tax bracket that we are enjoying in London, it is also likely the nicest resort I’ll be seeing for a long, long time. Our stay was the most wholly undeserved, but equally most delicious cherry on top of our Singapore experience.
Having already soaked up Hoi An’s loveliness on our first visit, we didn’t feel too guilty simply hunkering down at the resort. We of course did sneak away to get some quality time in at the tailor shops. No visit to Hoi An is complete without an hour or eight spent at Yaly Couture in my mind.
I have yet to sell Jeff on this theory. There’s always next time.
But sadly the next time we find ourselves in Vietnam may not be for a long time. The chapter in our life when we could hop on a cheap flight for an extravagant weekend away to a South East Asian beach has come to an end. I’m thrilled we capped it off in style on this trip. But I’m still a bag of emotions when I think about leaving the lovely little life we established in Singapore.
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