A new day in Hanoi and a new treat for the eyes & ears. I started the day early and went on a walking tour of Hanoi- yes walking (this time not in flip flops!) we walked through the maze of streets lined with market stalls, street restaurants with all kinds of "meat", shops selling everything from flip flops to nails and hammers to Christmas trees. By the end of the day I managed to master crossing the street avoiding the continuous flow of motorbikes and tuk...

Another terrible nights sleep and i head to the airport to fly to Vietnam Tiger airways!! MRT (again) to the airport, then a bus to the Budget terminal and i check in. a huge delay caused by a techincal problem with the plane and a few hours later a new plane is ready and i board- attempted to sleep but my seat was not an armchair and it didn't recline- unlike the Airbus :( I'm used to the luxury now! So arrival into Hanoi, visa granted and i share a car to the ...