One of the tasks apparently, of the pool attendants in Hoi An Victoria hotel is to chop up enormous blocks of ice & dispense them into the pool. We loved it! The ice was so welcome as the pool had been heating up over the course of the morning. We didn't notice it as much when we were in it as when we got out for a drink & jumped back in. Previously we had been like those frogs who don't realise that they are actually in boiling water as the heat was increasing gradually. The ice blocks lasted a couple of welcome minutes.
You also know that you must look really hot when a 90 year old, tiny, hunch-backed lady throws water from her cold water esky over you when you have just bought a bottle of water & are taking a little breather. This happened today in Hue where it is 40 degrees (42 yesterday). We cycled 6kms to the tallest pagoda in Vietnam then 4kms back to the Hue Citadel, then walked around it for a couple of hours looking for a phantom restaurant; then cycled another 4km back to the hotel. We were hot & I guess I looked it! This stall holder was so gorgeous that as we were leaving she swapped our waters for cold ones so that we would have some more support on our journey. She was exceedingly considerate. She also gave C a lollipop so had a fan there too!
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