Hanoi,
Vietnam
Friday, March 11, 2005
Since then, Rob has moved on to catch up with the others leaving me to the delights of Hanoi on my own. Meeting new people had proven to be a lot easier when alone and I soon had a German room mate, who speaks near on perfect English - highly safe! I went to visit the Perfume Pagoda yesterday, right in the middle of the national pilgrimage to it so i and 3 Germans were engulfed amongst several thousand Vietnamese Buddhists. The day was fairly uneventful and definately an anti-climax but today I took a trip to a place called Hoa Luc, the ancient capital of Vietnam followed by a 2 hour rowing boat trip in Tam Coc amongst and through the stunning scenery of cliffs and karsts. The weather had been stupidly hot yesterday and I had anticipated the same for today but I couldnt have been more wrong!! It was freezing (about 7*) and by the time we reached Hanoi again, the Heavens had opened and we were caught in a thunderstorm - the 1st rain since leaving England 4 weeks ago!!
Hopefully I will be able to pick my new passport up tomorrow morning and get out of here tomorrow night - although i'm now getting free accommodation as i've been here so long!!!
