I have seen some of the most disgusting things here. (You can wait until the photo's though to see what i mean! yes i had to capture them!) Hanoi is another busy city but better than Bangkok. Crossing the road is the most dangerous thing ive done!, and your extremely lucky to make it back to the hotel without dirt, blood and god knows what else on your feet. Wearing shoes throughout now, bird flu wouldnt be ideal. Although not what i expected, you can still see some history here and some 'old living'. Met some really nice people here and certainly enjoyed it. Visited the war museum and the POW prison. Suprisingly the people are really nice, or they are so far. Had heard mixed reports on what to expect and am pleasently suprised. Im actually in Sapa now, north of Hanoi so i shall add that next..........