Our train leaves Hue’s suburbs behind, passing fish farms and rice fields on it’s way to the sea, firstly skirting the shoreline on the level before climbing the hills above the rocky coast, punctuated with deserted, pristine sandy beaches. Apart from the railway there is no sign of human habitation, just natural palm forests clinging to the hillsides above an untouched coastline. We descend back to sea level at Da Nang, here we leave the train for the short coach trip to Hoi An, stopping to see the Marble Mountains where we visit a Buddhist Pagoda and the Huyen Khong grotto. The following day we take a walking tour around Hoi An Old Town.