Sisters Hotel Hanoi

... again. To say I got some mean glances by the women at our table would be silly. He smiles, fills our glasses, toasts and there it goes again. Now he's persuaded by one of the girls at our table to give some of his attention and "love" to a nearby table. I'm siting on the end of our table close enough to the table that "crazy uncle" has moved to so he includes me. I think he's taken me under his wing as an "apprentice crazy uncle". Fill with beer first, toast, slam ...

... the pagoda at the top of the mountain. It had been raining the night before and the guide book mentioned the climb to be a bit slippery, so we paid for the ride. A very modern ski lift looking cable car glided us above the trees to the pagoda. The perfume pagoda found inside a cave was a bit of an anti climax and we didn't stay for long. We walked back down to the base and were greeted with an amazing lunch of over eight dishes. Our trip back has nothing ...

I got my motorbike today and rode around in our school playground trying to get used to it. I did well until I hit a patch of sand and went down scraping my knee pretty good. I washed it up and bandaged it then I attempted to regain my confidence. After a short while I was back up and feeling good. Jin, my IT friend went outside the playground to scout a route for me to drive because frankly I wasn't learning how to ride where I was. We decided to go around ...

... my limited language I rarely understand anything he says. I just nod and repeat the last few words he utters so he knows I&#8217;m listening, or trying to at least. On our excursions he points out landmarks and tells me to take pictures. He&#8217;s just "lovely" as Pauline puts it.<br><br>Our first stop on Wednesday was the Museum of Ethnology just outside of Central Hanoi. It took us about 30 minutes to get there. The museum houses genuine artifacts, such as ...

The Friday we arrived was the day Tommy would get his results from his Law course... tense stuff! We booked our tours to Sappa and Ha Long Bay, walked around Hanoi Old Quarter for a while then watched a Water Puppets performance. Tommy got a distinction! So we celebrated with some bevies and found ourselves in some random club, good times!<br>The next day we bus'd it to Ha Long Bay and were taken around the amazing bay with almost 2000 islands (could be wrong... but there's alot!), looked ...

... all around and has the perfect natural surroundings to just sit and meditate or go for a stroll around the park. <br><br> <br> The garden is located between Hanoi's two major attractions West Lake and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.<br> <br style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Features of Botanical Gardens (Vuon Bach Thao) in Hanoi<br>- The beautiful park was designed by the ...

I have never seen so many scooters in my life, literally millions of them. <br>Crossing the road is almost as bad as in India, the trick is that one you <br>are committed, don't stop! Keep a steady, slow pace and give them time to <br>judge you and avoid you, it sound nuts, but if you ever want to find out <br>what's on the other side of the street, it's the only way. I had heard that ...

... buy fake books like lonely planets and when you say no to that they offer you marijuana, opium etc lol. Anyway, first day in vietnam we checked out the history museum and the revolution museum, they were ok not great. We met up with Brad in the evening and went to a few bars. Wasnt a lot open that late which was a dissapointment. Went to a bar were they were cooking fish on plates in front of us, let us try some of it for free but it wasnt that great. After ...

... sign of wealth in Vietnam. The countryside is bright green and really beautiful. On Thursday we got up early (which I have been doing since I haven't fully adjusted to my new time yet) to do what we wanted most to do in Hanoi: see the enbalmed, eerily glowing body of Ho Chi Minh. We had to check our cameras and throw away our water bottles and cover our shoulders, and wait in line to be let in at a slower pace than ...

... and their teachers, just around the corner from our hotel and at Little Hanoi, a famous place in the old quarter. It is so cheap too. The bar scene is vibrant too, though things don't kick off until late in the evening. There are loads of quirky, arty bars, lot of trendy ones and ones that just provide plastic chairs on the streets, particularly in the Old Quarter. Tonight we jump on an overnight train to head south to Hue.