Arrived back in Hanoi at 5:30am tired from broken sleep, we battled it out with cab drivers to get a decent price to get back to Hanoi Backpackers… Dropping off our bags we went to explore Hanoi house (recommended to us by Peter the Aussie owner of Sapa boutique hotel), to discover it was rundown as a doghouse and had been squatted by a Vietnamese family for a while now.. Random as hell. Instead we warmed up in a little French café for the morning, where we wrote our lists of things we needed to catch up on. Emails were sent (finally…), s*** was charged, Facebook was attempted again (Siobhan nearly throwing the laptop several times), pictures were uploaded (f*** that never again). Check in time arrived and it was time to put on the pink poncho and get some red hair.. Rikki's hairdressing skills are definitely improving as I came away with no bullet wounds to the head.. In the meantime Siobhan was in the hair salon for 3 wholesome hours getting rid of the orangeness, and enjoying watching the random kids coming home from school.. She may or may not have looked stoned (she insists she is just sick J).. Out she walked a new found WRANGER!! (nah its really nice honestly). Nice hair and all we showered and went down for happy hour (2 for 1 beers = 20000 dong = $1.15). After Rik and I got off the bus (drinking game thanks to Pete), Rikki went down the line of shots shots shots, whereas Siobhan and I met these nice boys from England, law student at that, shouted some rounds and went to get a feed.. Long story short they were tight with their ding dong and didn't repay the beers or pay for their meat combo (half a cows ass on a plate)… Note Well: FB was accessed at dinner and Faye emailed me.. Who the hells faye oh its Siobhans friend oh well nice to know who had a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Rikki arrived home covered in Hanoi backpacker stickers and didn't realize until she woke up the next morning. Too funny! Things to mention: Don't try and sneak a chocolate chip cookie from a Vietnamese man with no teeth, and Halida (Vietnamese beer) = no memory + halida hangover.

Xx Prue, Rikki & Siobhan