Elegant 5 Hotel Hanoi
21 Nam Ngu Hanoi, Vietnam
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Bia Hoi in Ha Noi
... bbq from inside the grounds and we went in search of the smell and located a small street cafe selling Bun Cha and it was the best food we had had in Vietnam so far, really really amazing!! It was bbq pork in bun noodles with fresh herbs, chilli and garlic all in a sweet broth! A true delight!!
Before leaving on our train we had a wander about the old streets and the market and one last Bia hoi for the road!!
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Organised chaos
... along without the mike so we compromise - they chose English songs which we sing into the mike whilst they sing along! Very randomly 'No Limit' by 2 Unlimited comes on which nobody takes responsibility for choosing but we all enjoy and change the words to suit the surrounding 'Halong, Halong Halong, Halong Halong, Halong Halong Bay'ay'. By the end of the night I have sung myself hoarse and drink over a litre of water in an attempt to salvage what little voice I have ...
Saying hey to Ho!
... over and over. I went to give him slightly more than the price we had agreed and he looked so shocked! No, I stitch shoe, worth $5... not good for me. We told him that he should have asked because we didn't want him to do it and eventually he accepted it and walked away. However Katy then saw him nearly in tears cleaning up the little area he was working in and she gave him some extra money along with a motherly lecture about how he must tell people before he does the job requiring ...
Chickens, toothpaste, temples, and prisons.
... a big group. I could just sit there for hours if I wanted to. Anyway, the Temple of Literature is also known as the Temple of Confucius and was the site of the first university in Vietnam.
From the temple, I moved onto the Hoa Lo Prison, aka the Hanoi Hilton. The prison was built by the French when Vietnam was part of French Indochina and was used to house and execute Vietnamese political prisoners. It was later used during the Vietnam ...
Just stay alive!
Am 3.11. ging es weiter von Bangkok nach Hanoi/Vietnam. Da Flo spaeter als wir seinen Flug von Bangkok nach Hanoi gebucht hat, musste er eine Stunde spaeter fliegen - heisst Anke und ich (Caro) mussten so lange auf Flos Ankunft in Hanoi warten. In der Zeit informierten wir uns ueber Schlafmoeglichkeiten und erhielten einen Stadtplan von Hanoi - keiner wusste, wie noetig wir den noch brauchen wuerden!



