Sunrise Hotel Hanoi

I arrived in Hanoi Vietnam about a week ago with no set plans on what I wanted to do. After noticing thousands of scooters everywhere I decided I wanted to rent one and go across North Vietnam, similar to my trip in Korea. I contacted a motorbike rental place and they informed me that a scooter wouldn’t make it in the mountains. If I wanted to complete this journey I would have to rent a motorcycle. So I did, the only problem was that I didn’t ...

... types of Pho at the back. So the mum is working on the pots, the dad is wandering round taking money from people and occasionally sitting down to puff away on the hooka. Or rather sitting down puffing away and occasionally getting up to collect money. Meanwhile their 12 year old (I guess from the look of some of my students but it’s impossible to tell age in Vietnam) is mastering the wok. It was sensational. Half on the street, half in the door/wall way with bikes ...

We arrived in Hanoi around 9.30am and went straight to the hotel - Golden Sun, near Hoan Kiem lake. The room was nearly ready so they made us some breakfast while we waited - very sweet!
We had a few chores to do so we dropped our bags in and went straight back out.
We needed haircuts and the hotel directed us to a place around the corner for $4 a cut! Chris had his 4 dollar cut, but I chickened out when they started spitting in the corner ...

... split shifts (start at 7am and finish at 9pm) and less money, so we declined the offer. Bandung was looking like a better possibility every day, and we started to think it the most likely option.

... until the morning of September 6th. Konrad hadn't been able to sleep all night, so was awake when the email came in from the job we'd missed out on: they had more students enroll and were offering us jobs -- to start in 2 weeks! I woke up at 6am, surprised that ...

... Kayaking in the calm cristal water open sea for 5 hours- saw some mini beaches, big crabs, fishes, golden face monkeys, beautiful mountaons
Caving
Jumping from the top deck into sea - 20ms high, my ass still pain now-from the jumping
Great food , BBQ and parties on the island
Climbing/tubing
Local tobacco in bamboo pipe
Night swim with bright moon and some little fishes which ...

... strong and we ended up drunk after one each! We had one more (as they were so delicious!) and headed home.. On the way, we stumbled across the night market! It was huge... It was a single row of market stalls and it ran for streets and streets.

The best part of Hanoi, though, has been the food. We've been adventurous with the food, mostly opting for food stalls where they don't speak English so we have no idea what we're ordering! Drew had frog at one ...

... taken much slower than the locals. Its seriously humid and hot. Just a few mins in the heat and you sweat, not the best but all part of the experience.

We're stuck here at the moment waiting for a bus to Halong Bay on Sunday. I get my university results tomorrow so I'm off to celebrate in advance.

Catch you with more Hanoi details tomorrow

Allan

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... artistes, sports competitions and business fairs. The Ha Long Tourism Festival will open from April 25 to May 2. Come to visit Ha Long. Apply your vietnamese visa online , then pick up your visa upon arrival Vietnam at the airport It is hoped that Ha Long will mesmerize visitors for it to receive enough votes to be called one of the seven natural wonders of the world. For the ...

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