We liked Hanoi, we hung out at the Beer hoi street corner drinking 2000 dong (7 pence) beers sitting on small plastic chairs, people-watching.
It was such a noisy hectic place, it reminded us of India with scooters flying around and with no room on the pavements for walking, what with the parked scooters, the food stalls and the building works going on, we had to walk on the side of the road and pray that the scooters saw you before you saw them!
But all this made the town seem better rather than worse and people were so friendly that it was a nice, if tiring place to walk around.
Highlights:
- Drinking Beer Hoi too fast and too early and then not being able to find the hotel, trooping around half drunk thinking it was funny and after the feet started to hurt not finding it funny at all and then the relief of seeing the hotel sign after Eleanor came through in the end... go map reader.
- Eating at KOTO: know one, teach one. A restaurant that teaches street kids to be waiters and chefs, so we got to eat fantastic food and support charity... super!
- Visiting Ho Chi Min's preserved body, the strange thing was the gaurds that looked too young to be holding rifles, strutting around the place, keeping the crowds in line, plus Eleanor thought that the yellow light really did not suit him!
- Getting another couple of things made for Eleanor and them turning out OK with no stress or tears!
- Fanny ice-cream! mmm just what you need at the end of a long day!
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