Day 2, Hong Kong to Hanoi
Hong Kong is prettier than I expected with mountains near the airport. Sadly, the four hour stop is just too short to leave the airport. Sorry, another selfie :)
Roy and I were not sitting together on the last flight and I sat next to a lovely girl from Seapoint caked Michele. She was surprising her sister who teaches English in Hanoi.
Passport control was painful...long queues and they took ages with each person, but we eventually got through. One of the side pockets of my bag was open and while I asked list and found, Roy went to tell out taxi driver we were here. Amazingly, they found my black bra which had fallen out, lol. I can't think what else might have gone too, but hopefully not much.
Our hotel driver taught us how to say thank you and No, thank you. What was interesting is that with Communism still here he effectively can't travel outside Vietnam or Cambodia and maybe China.
The lovely bridge going into Hanoi
Roy found a lovely hotel in the old town. It really is the best location and we coincidentally timed it so well as the street markets are all hastening Fri to Sunday which is incredibly vibey with the street closed to cars and live acts and music and noise.
Standing on our balcony looking down the market street
I have to at this apologise that so many pictures are of myself. All the good ones are taken with Roys fancy camera or even my small one and the happy snaps from my phone are what's available for this blog while traveling.
The streets were alive and I like the Vietnamese people.
I think this guy liked me too!
We walked a while and then took our hotel guys advice and went to a local Vietnamese restaurant where we sat on the busy street. Roy ordered a local noodle soup, which I shared with him and he had crab while I ordered pak choi with mushroom. When the soup arrived first there were no spoons so after using chopsticks for the noodles we thought maybe the custom here is to drink the soup straight out the bowl. Before Roy did this I asked the waiter if that was how and he laughed and quickly brought us spoons. Oops, that was nearly embarrassing... crazy tourists making fools of themselves :)
Wandered through the markets until we got to the lake, also not far from our hotel. From my research it's the main thing to see in Hanoi with its red bridge.
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