Well our planned itinerary was that we arrive early in the morning on the train, have day use of a room at the hotel and then head to the airport for our scheduled flights home.....all well and good for everyone else. I arrived back in Hanoi as sick as a dog...so sick that the tour guide took one look at me and promptly took me to the SOS Medical Clinic....i was too sick to put up any argument. At the clinic I had IVs put in, examined by multiple doctors of multi...

Hanoi is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and is often referred to as the ‘Paris of the Orient’. Filled with lakes, tree lined boulevards and French designed villas, this romantic city cuts a distinctly different style of life to that in Saigon. A visit to the old quarter in Hanoi is a must; comprised of trading streets where traditional and modern goods are traded from centuries old ‘tunnel houses’ and narrow streets are...