Hanoi Victoria Hotel

... and boarded the plane. We had eaten everything before the plane even took off. When we had been in the air about 10 minutes the air hostess came with her trolley... and, to our surprise, our lunch. Beef or fish. I told her I didn't eat meat and she said 'Oh. So...beef or fish?' I ordered the fish and gave it to Dave. Needless to say, Dave felt sick for the rest of the journey.

There was a taxi arranged by our hotel waiting for us in Hanoi. The ...

... for the night & went for a swim in the dark! It was deadly, the water was so warm! After swimming we had dinner & then Karoke! was a right laugh! There was two arentian girls who were addited to it, along with another polish couple! Of course, we spotted 'Danny Boy' & Broc took a turn! What a laugh! This went on for most of the night along with a few drinks! really good nightd craic!

3rd Nov
They had us up at 7am for breakfast! Afetr breakfast we went ...

... They brought a wheelchair out and put me in it and then wheeled me back in to get all my vitals taken and then hooked me up to a saline drip. The day started at 10 am and they released me at 4 pm. One of the teachers came by to visit me and brought me food which went a long way in getting me back on my feet and out the door faster. I also got an ultrasound on my leg and they discovered there’s still ...

... furnished and in an out of the way alley where its fairly quiet. The humorous thing about it is that its presently rented by two guys that are teachers at the school where I'll be teaching (Singapore International School at Van Phuc) They are moving because his roommate found a cheaper place and David the guy showing me the place is marrying one of the interpreters from the school. I have calls in to several realty people to help me find other places ...

... control etc that was employed is excellent and well worth the visit. Both trips today being recomme4nded for the first time visitors.
The only thing to be aware of on the trip to thePagoda are the women who row the boats will expect a tip for their services (around 20,000dong per persom) but there was also a bit of bother with one who had also being taking photographs, She did not initially ask or tell anyone about what she wouod do ...

... skinny and tall, sometimes shooting wildly into the sky multiple stories above any neighbours. i really love it.

one day we took a cyclo to see Tian Quoc pagoda, the oldest pagoda in hanoi. it is on a little peninsula that overlooks the largest lake in the city, and there were people in swan shaped paddleboats dotting the sunset-gleaming water. we also visited the Temple of Literature, one of the oldest universities in Vietnam - it was started in the 11th century to ...

Scott was not there when i got up so i went out on my own to get breakfast and met a guy from holland on route, So we started hanging out that day and went for a few beers at are local road side/gutter bar. Going back for scott later on and findin out that he had been feeling like **** all day and he was not ...

... construction doesn't fail to impress, says visitor Ha Thi Tan, a retired teacher from Ha Noi. "Bai Dinh Pagoda is a harmonious combination of old and the new, past and present. Building it drew together the skills and creativity of today's population, with some help from science and technology," she says. The juxtaposition of old and new is made all the more obvious when visitors pay a trip to the original pagoda a few kilometres away. The positions of the two pagodas ...