Hello all from our hotel in Hanoi - the Mahn Dung Guesthouse.
Arrived about 5pm Tuesday evening, with a journey that was a lot more straight forward that we had hoped for - due to meeting up with an English couple on the bus across the border. First night was spent in another Hotel, but as they didnt have the room we had booked (only had a more expensive room) we moved two buildings down to this hotel on Wednesday.
So far so good. Weather is great, easily well into the 30's and only this afternoon has it got a little cloudy as thunderstorms look set to hit. We spent Wednesday browsing the Old Quarter, trying to get our barings and drinking lots of tea and ice drinks. Today we got round to some 'propper' site seeing, going to the Army Museum first (nothing like some good old propaganda to get the morning started) and then on to the Temple of Literature in the afternoon.
Havent really had any real Vietnamese food as of yet, most of the places around here are western cafes and restaurants. But we have a few that were going to try, quite looking forward to something other than French sandwiches.
Our trip to Halong Bay is booked for this weekend, two days and one night spent on a resort in the middle of the Bay. Looks too good to be true on the photos and as ever probably will be! Im off for some of the local brew, found a great area where they sell it for 2000 Dong (6p) a glass, ice cold, tastes like cats urine. Just how I like it.
4 comments:
your getting fed up of French Sandwiches?! That coming from the boy who frequently made us commute all over Beijing using a variety of different transport nodes just to try out the latest Deli! I Do not Believe you are fed up of sandwiches!
Glad you are having a great time. Looks fantastic. One of your photos is a little risque though- gary glitter esque if you know what I mean!
Have fun and say hi to Hilary for me!
Thats funny I'm his mam and I thought the same, but then I've probably listened to too many young lads taking the p---- out of each other!
I was going more for a 'Lonely Planet front cover' type picture rather than a 'sharing a cell with Gary' kind of one - Not sure it worked though!
You look as if you've gone for a two "i'll hide in this bush and take a picture of these young school girls kissing" type picture.
Since when have you started aiming for Lonely Planet- where did you go wrong Dave?
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