HANOID WITH THE MOPEDS DAY 45: Hanoi Up at 5am this morning, with the sound of some faint tooting in the background. Does this city not stop? When a sensible hour finally arrived (11am), we headed out to find some breakfast at a bakery Jen had read about, as we weren't really feeling the rice-for-breakfast vibe. We found the bakery after about 15 minutes and the food on offer was delicious - a light and airy pain au raisin and pain au chocolat to go. We then...

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!! DAY 44: Singapore to Hanoi, Vietnam A 5.30am start this morning, but at least we'd had loads of sleep. Another seamless check in at the airport and with tons of time to kill we browsed the hundreds of shops and booked some accommodation for Hanoi online. To make up for last night's poor effort, we started our 10am flight to Hanoi with a Singapore Sling. And damn nice it was too. It's funny isn't it? When you're flying somewhere all se...