Shopping + motorbikes in Hanoi

Trip Start Aug 30, 2006
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Trip End Jul 16, 2007


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

After talking to Christina and Kyle and hearing amazing stories about Cambodia, I have decided to extend my stay in South East Asia by 4 days and do a solo trek to Cambodia. Spent the morning trying to change my flights and organise my detour to Cambodia. I went to Japan Airlines, American Airlines and finally Qantas. All on the back of a motorbike so I managed to see some sights of Hanoi in between each place.

One motorbike driver tried to make conversation with me, while I was freaking out as he kept running red lights and swerving to narrowly miss a bus or bike.

Mel and I had a yummy lunch in the Old Quarter and spent the day strolling the streets.

We found our way in a food market and reconfirmed all the reasons why I will not eat meat in South East Asia. Enough said on that.

IMPRESSION: Vietnamese people are not overly friendly. They are difficult to bargain. And they seem to argue with each other when they talk. It must be a cultural thing because then they will turn around and apologise madly and be really nice.
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