Well we definately spoke too soon with the floods. The day after the last blog entry we woke up to knee deep water in the lobby. (will add a picture later....computer wo't let me) This was at 6:00am. By 10:00am the water had risen so it was now waist deep. It was neck deep in the streets. We could see behind us people on their roof tops being rescued. The water came up to their roofs. We were 1km from the river so the water levels at the river were much higher. The hotel owners told us that we should probably leave if we could. They sent us a "rescue boat" that was actually just a small dingy. We put our belongings in the dingy and had to walk/swim out of the hotel. Thankfully only 150m away the water was much less and we were able to get to a roadside and get a ride into the closest town. I have never seen anything like this. It rained so hard it was crazy. I felt so badly for the town and their businesses and homes. We managed to get to the next town and get to a hotel. We were stuck in this town for 2 days as the roads were closed but at least we were dry. The best part is that the next day we were able to take a taxi back into Hoi An and pick up the clothes we had made at a tailor! We didn't think we would get back to the town but it is amazing how quickly the water rose, and how quickly it went down. It was quite the experience seeing the floods first hand. Us Canadians should be glad we get snow!
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