Hanoi View Hotel

... her $1 instead. Cheeky old bint. She shuffled off, muttering angrily to herself. I went to the opera house, took a photo or two, then headed back the way I'd come, sporadically passing attractive French colonial architecture. Opposite the red bridge to the island I'd previously been to was a theatre where you can go and see traditional water puppet shows. I fancied a bit of this, but unfortunately they were all sold out for the day so I missed out.

My next stop was Hoa ...

... thru my two papers, looking closely at my passport , then back thru my papers again. He asks her a few questions that are directed towards me, “Do I know I shouldn’t be driving without a license, what do they do in the US when someone’s driving without a license, why don’t I have a license?” Of course all of these questions he already knows the answers to, he’s just trying to intimidate me, which isn’t working because he is ...

... but we wanted to wait the weather a bit. But the sun looked bright and the forecast was good. So after the coffee and scrambled eggs, we booked the trip with David. Glad we booked it, we only had to pray for some sunshine and no rain.

As we left David we went back in town but in another direction. All the same-same but also a big market place. Shoes.....shoes...and food..all mixed together. But we loved it. But as the evening started we needed ...

... sa prestation depend aussi de la votre. Tous 2 vous menez la danse , aucun ne doit donc jouer a la statue pour que les spectateurs applaudissent!

L'entremelement des uns et des autres au cours de ce ballet incessant se joue a ce petit croisement de regard communiquant a chacun son nouveau role dans le spectacle de la vie de rue de Hanoi.

Etre pieton est une energie de tous les instants!

Mais vous me demanderz certainement qui sont ces chevaliers zeles ...

... I went out to a different place for lunch instead of the cafeteria across the street. I wasn’t hungry enough for there and I ran into Alex a teacher from Singapore and an excellent cook who by the way says he’ll teach me to cook Singapore and VN dishes. Anyway he said he wasn’t very hungry either and was going to have Bánh cuon. I was game so we walked a few blocks away and went into a little place – he looked at the menu and ordered for us both. It was ...

... if we so desired, we could buy a fish they would cook for our dinner that night, as well as being the launch for some kayaking. We declined on the fish but did go kayaking. We had a good time, as it gave us the opportunity to get right up to the sheer limestone cliffs and feel the tranquillity of the place away from the crowds and all the Junks that bring them.. We then went back to the Junk and dropped anchor in a lovely bay, along with all the other overnight Junks, where we watched ...

... was only 4:00 or so, and we were told they would be ready at 7). So we went back to our room and ended up falling asleep while waiting for the tv to be fixed. When we got up it was time to get our suits, so we headed back to the tailor. The suits were ready, and we tried them on. Everything seemed fine on my stuff (although I'm not at all crazy about the white buttons on the jacket, they will have to get replaced at home), but Cory wanted his jacket to be taken in in ...

... getting lost for about ten minutes - so easy with all similar sounding street names and small blocks that all look the same - we found a Canadian lady called Jessica who was also looking lost and we went to grab some lunch together by the river. She was a military nurse and so I asked had she been stationed anywhere? An obvious question, met with a swift no, and an awkward silence. We headed our own ways after lunch, took a wander, saw the crazy market [where you can buy, and I ...

... days than we have in the past 2 months. Now, we were kind of thinking that when we got to the Laos side we would be able to hitch a ride on a truck, or, get a taxi, or something, because by this time it's after 4pm and it's only just stopped raining and the nearest place with a guest house is 55kms away. Na Meo is the remotest border crossing into the remotest part of Laos. There was nothing. We rode into the village and there were 4 wooden huts, not a ...

... Anyway these are not only tombs but palaces, parks with a lot of statues along the river, visit worthing. Another topic that I recommend is the Perfume river, similar to Ninh Binh , relaxant, imcomparable landscape and water covered by rose loto flowers. From Hue in one hour bus you can reach the second important place of central Vietnam: Hoi An, the vietnamese Florence and Venice. In the Middle Age this was one of the most important commercial ...