After our 3 nights in Vientaine, we gratefully hopped across the border to Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city.
This is a great place. While Ho Chi Minh felt a little characterless for all of its hustle and bustle, Hanoi was just bursting with old world colonial charm. The fact that we'd landed right in the middle of their 1000 year anniversary celebrations didn't hurt either, and every day the streets of the old quarter were awash with flags and people enjoying the celebrations. We were a little sick sightseeing from the previous weeks, thankfully Hanoi had enough of a buzz that just walking the streets and soaking in the atmostphere provided a spectacle in its own right.
We also had one of the best moments of the trip so far at Halong Bay, were we stayed the night on a junk boat and got to enjoy the sunset on the sundeck as the waves lapped around us.
Next stop, Shanghai and Jimbo's wedding plus reunion with Sheenie, who's currently making his way through cambodia before flying to meet us in Shanghai.
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