Hanoi Municipal Hotel

... how to drive one. I went back to my hotel, and looked up on you tube “how to ride a motorcycle”. The next day I packed some warm clothes in my small backpack, went back to the shop, and rented a Honda 160cc motorcycle. What a trip learning how to ride in the busy streets of Hanoi. The first hour of the trip I must of stalled over 50 times. There were times were I stalled right in the middle of an intersection with everyone honking and I had to calm ...

... people all around he has it so hot everything catches fire for a few minutes well not the bikes and people just the wok contents- it’s literally in and out in minutes as it’s so hot. There are flames everywhere and smoke obscuring everyone’s vision while he just takes it all in his stride and cooks an amazing Pho Xao, (Pronounced ‘Fa Sao’) in minutes with style chefs at home would die to attain. I see some of my noodles being tossed from ...

... Next we needed to post some un-worn clothes back to the UK, this took nearly an hour.. not exactly a speedy service, but our rucksacks are lighter!
By this time it was getting late and we only had 1 day on Hanoi so we decided to take a cyclo (man on a bike riding us around in a little seat) around the city for a couple of hours.. was only around 8 pounds but we got to see quite lot and didn't have to contend with crossing the roads ...

... still wasn't in bed, and went in search of him. I found him on the roof, swaying in the hammock, reading a book and enjoying the sunrise. He told me about the email and immediately the wheels started turning: surely 2 weeks wasn't long enough to get everything sorted -- right? I went back to bed convinced we'd be rejecting the offer on that basis, but couldn't sleep. I got up and started doing some research to see if it might be feasible or not: could we get Diego ...

... glowing stars under the water (don't know the name of the thing, really magical and i was feeling like in a dream)

The trip was orgainized really well by the Hanoi backpacker, the tour guy- Thong and Luk are very nice and helpful, people lives on the island are very friendly too. They always start conversation with "1. whats your name? 2. how old are you" haha... I love them

... which was really nice. My favourite was the stall near the train station. We saw the locals eating what looked like a hot plate and asked for the same (ie pointed). We got a bowl of soup with veg and a (huge) bowl of noodles that you put into the soup to warm them up. We were then given a small gas burner with a pot with oil where they dumped a bowl of raw meat (Drew thinks it was lamb) in herbs. The idea was to cook it ourselves... Once we got the hang of it all, it ...

Our train arrived in Hanoi around 4:45 in the morning, but by the time we got off and wandered down the street the pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) vendors were already set up along the streets, so we made ourselves comfortable and had some breakfast. We then went back to the train station and waited for the ticket office to open so we could purchase tickets for that evening to Hue. By ...

... tự rụng vào trong hầu bao giắt lưng của kẻ xâm lược. Thời gian trở thành yếu tố hỗ trợ kẻ đi xâm chiếm, tiếp tay cho đến chừng nào kẻ lấn chiếm không bị phản công. Trường hợp này, một đảo ngược tình thế khó khả thi; vì đến mức này, sự đảo ngược khó có giá trị, vì cốt lõi của chiến tranh đã được thực hiện, những hiểm nguy cao nhất kẻ xâm chi ...

... of the festival, the organization committee has installed computers for free internet access across Ha Long City, such as the port, restaurants, hotels, Trade centers and boats, so that visitors can vote for Ha Long. The visitors can vote online at www.new7wonders.com to vote for Ha Long as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Currently, Ha Long is standing third in the votes.

... dans n'importe quel �dition du Lonely Planet....Gringo Pat a venir qu'a l'apprendre un jour, celle-la...... Mettons que cette histoire vient de me chambarder un peu. C'est encore ma grande naivet� qui vient me jouer des tours. Moi qui id�alise la plan�te enti�re avec des intentions pures et grandes........McFly, hellooo...on revient sur terre, SVP! Bon, ma pogner les nerfs encore. Vaut mieux aller se coucher! Demain, d�part pour la Baie d'Halong...Yahoo! Bye, Pat