Arrived in Hanoi yesterday after beautiful tranquillity in Halong Bay. What a contrast - it is positively stressful! The city is chock-a-block with people for the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi. The main celebrations are today and tomorrow. You can't walk on the footpaths because of the motorbikes, street sellers and crowds of people pushing their way through. You step on the road and you endanger your life. And all of this takes place in the most cacophonous surfeit of sound - car, bike and cyclo horns, loudspeakers, unintelligible Vietnamese voices etc. etc. The guide books described both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh as vibrant - I would suggest plain crazy!!
This is basically our last day as Jim and I leave for Bangkok very early tomorrow morning. Our tour group has become a bit subdued as 2 of our group are ill and had to go to hospital yesterday. One is on the way to recovery and the other may have to go back in today. So a cold is minor in comparison!
We expect to be in Brisbane on Tuesday morning - maybe we'll start to get some photos sorted then.
A bit different to Raphoe then?
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is - last night was a scary experience but we'll tell you when we get back. 5.30 am here and we're waiting for our transfer to the airport.
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It certainly is - last night was a scary experience but we'll tell you when we get back. 5.30 am here and we're waiting for our transfer to the airport.
ReplyDeleteFionnuala.
It certainly is - last night was a scary experience but we'll tell you when we get back. 5.30 am here and we're waiting for our transfer to the airport.
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