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A lucky escape.....
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After wasting much of the day yesterday on a wild goose chase I decided to have a look round Hanoi today. It was about a 30 minute walk to the towns central lake area. There is a large lake and a small park area surrounded by various shops bars and restaurants.
Had a fantastic pizza for dinner and a good look round the shops. I tried not to stay outside for too long a period today, as it was extremely hot. Apart from a few beers in the evening I had a quiet day, which made a nice change as it feels like day after day has been hectic for weeks.
Sunday morning make myself get up early as the rest of the tour was due to arrive at about 06.30. We then had breakfast included at the restaurant "Koto" which was where I had eat with the girls on Friday night.
There was no sign of the group though. I eventually went out for something to eat at lunchtime and left them a note. Came back after lunch, all I could get from the Hotel was that they had been delayed. Went out a few more times and popped back to the hotel to find they had still not arrived. By 7pm I went out and bought a snack then sent the evening finishing another really good Lee Child novel. The tour eventually arrived at abpout 22.30. Their train had been delayed from Hui by 14 hours !!! It then took an extra couple of hours to its scheduled time. They all arrived looking pretty tired after spending the night trying to sleep on the train station floor !!! This obviously made me feel much better about my wasted journey. Am so glad I got the flight now, whatever happens with the visa. No rest for the others though, as they have lost their day in Hanoi, and tomorrow morning we leave to head further north to Hamong Bay which I have been told is spectacularly beautiful. We then spend a day and a night cruising through some of the 3000 small islands of the coast of Halong bay.....
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