Yay, we're in "Nam". We arrived last night in Hanoi and are staying at The Hanoi Backpackers' Hostel. Sounds like the right place. It's really nice here. The city is beautiful, really more scenic than I expected. It's more like a European city with all the tree-lined streets and statues of Lenin etc. I can't get over how many scooters are ripping through the streets. At any standard traffic light there is usually more than 30, often with whole families aboard! Last night we saw someone carrying about 15 plants on the back of his scooter. Pretty impressive.
Today, we went to try and see the Ho Chi Min Mausoleum but it wasn't open. The man himself is on display apparently embalmed. Tomorrow we're going on a trip with about 5 or 6 people we met at the hostel to Halong Bay which is supposed to be a great place to visit. That's for 2 nights/3 days. Really looking forward to seeing a beach! When we get back we're gonna hopefully spend a couple more days in Hanoi and then travel down the coast of Vietnam. Don't really know what to expect there but I'm sure it'll be good! Hope you're all in fine fettle.
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