Slept well at last, explored Hanoi , watched the preparations for Liberation day and the coming public holiday and bought some silk. Our bags are now fully expanded!

Doing our bit for Culcher. Hanoi has a quite different flavour to Hoi An, in spite of being an anagram. The city is as busy as Ho Chi Minh City, with as many scooters and mopeds, but is grubby and unkempt off the main roads. Last night we ventured as far as the nearest ATM, to withdraw the maximum 2 million Dong ( roughly £56) but the roads were so difficult to cross, it was drizzling, dark and smelly so we scuttled back to the hotel and ate in their restaurant...