We arrived last night after an hour and a half's flight, feeling hot and tired... we arrived at our hotel and were upgraded to the honeymoon suite, with a free 'honeymoon' cake awaiting us in our room (gobbled up very greedily!) We woke up bright and early, polishing off a lovely breakfast before meeting up with our tourguide for our tour of Hanoi. We were first taken to the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, and joined the queue of thousands of people wanting to visit the 'father' of Vietnam. A strange experience to say the least! We were then taken to a temple, which is the oldest college in Vietnam, before walking around the streets of Hanoi, being taken down streets such as Tin Street, Buddha Street and Towel Street. Dean and I played the game of guess the name of the street we are on now!!! They even have a Toy Street and a Candy Street (thankfully we didn't go down that one, or I would still be there). Having spent many years in Hong Kong as a child, I would have thought that I could cope better with the heat, but it got the better of me, and we retired back to the air conditioning of the hotel by 11.30 am. Dean then ventured out again and explored the lake, but even he was back here within the hour. The hustle and bustle of downtown Hanoi is beyond belief. There are 6 million people who live here and 3 million of them own motor bikes! The sound of cars and bikes tooting and the sheer bad driving is a sight and sound to behold! I took comfort in a full body massage this afternoon (wonderful) and Dean fell asleep on the bed.... we are now contemplating where to eat this evening to sample the local cuisine.
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