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Hanoi, Vietnam
Left at 8.30 for Hanoi, and arrived at 12.30pm. We went straight for a walk with everyone past the HoChiMinh mausoleum and a statue of Lenin. We later found out that a Russian diplomatic car that we saw, and official looking visit taking place at the mausoleum was infact a meeting between Russian officials and the Vietnamese president to further trade agreements and defence information. We took lunch in a western style bakery, which was much more expensive than w...