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Hanoi - very messy place ...
Day 21 - Vientiane to Hanoi - 011208 Had to fly into Hanoi in the evening for a night's stay before heading out back to Singapore the next morning. Won't say so much about Hanoi except that the traffic was terrible ... lawless I would say. The old town has also changed a lot compared to a few years back ... a lot of more trendy and upmarket shops …
Sapa-Hanoi
... een halve dag kon huren, om even op te frissen en bij te slapen. Voor de helft van de prijs (nu 3.80 euro) kreeg ik een bed tot 6 uur vanavond... PERFECT! Ook heb ik meteen mijn bustickets voor de rest van Vietnam geregeld. 5 stops: Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mui Ne en Ho Chi Minh City voor maar 49 dollar! (Thnx voor de dollars pap, ze komen hier goed van pas, kan er gewoon mee betalen...) Nu even lekker bijslapen, goede douche nemen, ontbijten en we kunnen er weer tegen ...
Hanoi Day 2 - Culture and surviving traffic!
... papaya, and fried pork!!! Zeigs added a few too many peppers as I have rarely seen her sweat, but conversation ended and the three of us gorged for about an hour. Amazingly delicious and healthy too. She snapped photos of this...will post later. After lunch we walked to the Temple of Literature which had a similar feel to the Pagodas. The Temple of Literature was rebuilt after the French bombed it away after WW2 by...including new ...
Mental, mental Hanoi!
... out taking photos for their engagement. So many couples lined the main lake in Hanoi for their announcement photo. Along with that, the lake was also a focus point for all sorts of exercise and activity. It was lovely to see so many people outside and doing something...anything! From yoga to using gym equipment to rehearsing what looked like a flash mob dance routine for something new. Hanoi - I loved every minute!
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Days One and Two: Hanoi...a grand old city...
... the second was the sheer number of motorbikes. We learned from our guide on the second day that there are approximately 8 million residents of Hanoi, and 4 million motorbikes. It's not just the motorbikes though, it's the fact that there are hardly and traffic rules (although you're required to wear a helmet), so crossing a street is a true adventure.
As I just want to get the pictures up and posted tonight, I'll spend a bit more time detailing what we saw...
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