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Location Date Halong Bay 1288134000 Hanoi
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Hello everyone, we are now in Hanoi and it has been mixed opinions! (By adam)
The roads are just hectic everywhere, even the back roads are jam packed. Im not sure if weve mentioned this before but everybody uses their horn over here. The vietnamese use their horns as much as we use our indicators so you can imagine the noise constantly! Thats why we love more quiet places. We have arrived early in Hanoi and we have 7 days here but we plan to do a couple of trips, definately to Halong Bay and maybe to Sapa if we have enough time.
Our hotel was cheap and had a nice room, but detective Feenan was on the case and did some research on the hotel and found some crucial and condemning evidence. the hotel has been renamed about three times and that normally means it has been given terrible reviews so it has to change its name, and then i was informed that the staff get aggressive if you book with other tour companies and loads of teenage boys hang out the front of the hotel at night. "Thats it Inspector Feenan i've heard enough" i said, so we packed our bags up straight away to check out in the morning.
So at this point our view on Hanoi was looking bleak, and out of all the nights i had to get a bad stomach that night. God dammit! I'll not go into the specifics but it was disastorous!! end of! lol and to make things worse i had just managed to go to bed at 4.30am and just as i was drifting off this stupid fat rooster started COCK-A-DOOOD-ILING ouside the window, i couldnt believe it every 20 seconds without fail then it soon stopped, i imagine someone else had the same idea as me and its now probably in someones chicken stir fry!
So we booked into a nicer hotel......or soo we thought!! (i'll explain later) Anyway way that night we had a wonder round and had a lovely meal and went down by the lake, Hanoi is centered round a massive lake with pretty colourful changing lanterns and i have to admit it was pretty impressive! We just went for a walk around the lake about 9pm and people were doing, yoga, kung fu, jogging and it was a really nice atmosphere so we picked up some ice lollies and they were amazing the flavour was lemon and mint and it has now become a tradition! Hanoi was slowly getting back into our good books!
We also booked a 3 day trip to Halong bay that evening which we are really looking forward too .
adam and louise xxx
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Steph & Alan Hi Lou and Adam have just enjoyed talking to you on Skype and as advised have had a look at the updated Blog photos. Very Impressive. Was that a mouse nibble I saw on the corner of one of the photos Ha Ha. xx
mam and dad it was great to see u on skype today you've made us parents very happy! you have met some nice people on your travels and its only been a month! so your off to phuket on tuesday try and have a chill time if possible! look forward to hearing from u next week! lots of love mam and dad xxx
terri hi guys omg adam i probably know how u felt with a bad stomach we have all been bad with sickness bug and it was awful, lovely to read the recent catch up have a lovely tym say hi to loise for me take care and watch what your doing love terri and baby leah xx
Mike & Julia Hi Adam & Louise - Just had time to look at your blog. Feeling jealous that we should have done this years ago ourselves. Hope you've recovered from the Vietnamese Virus. Jules coping well and surprisingly fighting fit. I'll dip in again shortly. Mike
kiara Adam you sound like you're having a great time!! I am mega jealous and wish we had all came with you!! Very impressed that you are coping so well (however I am sure that is because Louise is looking after you) your blog has kept me very entertained and people keep looking at me at work when I’m laughing at my screen for no reason!! I hope they don’t think I find market research so entertaining!! When do you plan to be on the west coast of America as me, Charlotte & Liann want to come visit! Have a great time lots of love xx
dad hi son-just reading your blog again-great picture of you doing the handstand on the out door seat at the top of the blog.......and yes if you look closely you do look vietnamese ha ha xx
Katie Bob i really did think that was some one vietnamese! x
Auntie Val Hi Adam and Louise Ive just spoken to your Mam, Adam and she talked me through how to get your blog in favourites. Im so happy theres nowt to this technology lark when you know how, is there! Anyway your blogs are amazing I reckon you have both got a future in travel writing when you get back lol. I cant believe you have time to write such epic accounts as well as going out to visit the sites,it looks like a full time job, when do you have time to relax! The photos are fab, gives you a real taste of what the different countries are like; are you sure you dont want to go into journalism when you get back! lol Its only been five weeks but it feels like you have been away for ages and you have crammed so much in already! Good Luck with the diving course, dont forget to take your newly repaired camera down with you so that you can post some shots for us! Look forward to seeing them. Take Care Both Love Auntie Val and the Boys x x x x
david /lilian hi folks you seem to be having a great time vietnam is fantastic crossing the road is game of russian roulette good fun though ,i hope you enjoy phukett [nearly spelt that wrong old joke] take care /keep safe david/ lilian take care folks /keep safe
Mam and Dad Hi Lou and Adam - have had a look at Karon Bay on web looks gorgeous. The kangaroo guesthouse did come up on web - looks ok. Hope the diving has gone alright today. so far so good - looking forward to seeing the photos. Watch the sharks don't bite! It was great news about Sarah's baby wasn't it. Am looking forward to London at weekend. Will be in touch by phone this weekend. Lots of Love to you both xxxxxxxxxxxxx