sixteenth...hanoi...enjoy (65)

2.11.07.
8.00AM...WOKE EARLY...WENT TO BED EARLY...BUT STILL FEEL TIRED.
8.30AM...SHAVE/SHOWER/COFFEE.
9.00AM...PACKING.
9.40AM...EVERYTHING IN...TIGHT FIT...MAYBE MY PACKING ISN'T UP TO SCRATCH.
10.00AM...COFFEE.
10.15AM...DEPART.
10.30AM...BREAKFAST AT OUR FAVOURITE CAFE.
11.15AM...PHONED VIETNAM FOR AIRPORT PICKUP...HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND...NOT THE BEST OF ENGLISH SPEAKERS ON THE OTHER END OF BLOWER!
12.05PM...SAID OUR FAREWELLS...IF YOU READ THIS JUSTIN...SORRY I DIDN'T GET TO SAY CHEERIO...I WAS KINDA USHERED OUT THE DOOR...TAXI WAITING...TAKE CARE...ENJOY KOREA.
12.55PM...AIRPORT...FORMS TO FILL
1.15PM...THRU BAGGAGE CONTROL ETC.
1.50PM...HAVING A BEER...SPENDING LAST YUAN.
3.10PM...BOARDING PLANE...NEED LOO!
3.45PM...IN THE AIR.
4.20PM...THE VIETMESE ARE BUSY BEES...PORK AND RICE...VERY NICE...ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE...THAT'LL GO DOWN FINE!...CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR YOU.
6.30PM...TOUCH DOWN.
6.50PM...BAGGAGE COLLECTION...PASSPORT CONTROL...WELL SLOW...FEEL THE HEAT.
7.20PM...CHAPPIE WAITING TO TAKE US TO HOTE BODEGA.
8.10PM...ARRIVE AT HOTEL...CRAZY STREETS...MOTORBIKES EVERYWHERE...PEOPLE COOKING SUPPER ON PAVEMENT...THIS IS MAD...HOW THE DRIVER DIDN'T HIT A BIKE...GOD KNOWS!
8.25PM...ROOM OK...MORE OF A GUEST HOUSE THAN A HOTEL.
9.00PM...HIT THE CRAZY STREETS...FEEL THE HEAT.
9.30PM...FOUND A RESTAURANT...LOOKS CLEAN...NEED TO EAT.
9.50PM...VIET CHICKEN AND VEGGIES WITH RICE...BOTTLE OF BEER...2 QUID THE LOT FOR BOTH...THAT INCLUDED A BANANA/HONEY PANCAKE.
10.55PM...HEADED BACK TO HOTEL.

3.11.07.
8.30AM...WOKE/SHOWER.
9.20AM...BREAKIE...TEA/COFFEE/FRENCH BAGUETTE/JAM/OMELLETTE AND BANANAS.
10.00AM...WALKED TO LAKE...BOUGHT MAP OF VIETNAM...NU ENQUIRED ABOUT HAVING SOME TROUSERS MADE...BOUGHT SOME STAMPS AND CARDS.
11.00AM...SITTING IN BAR BY LAKE...WRITING CARDS...DRINKING BEER.
12.05PM...IN RICKSHAW...WELL SQUASHED...POOR CHAPPIE PEDDLING LIKE MAD...SEEING MOST OF THE CITY THOUGH...PERHAPS I SHOULD GIVE HIM AN EXTRA THOUSAND!
1.10PM...FEEL PECKISH.
1.35PM...ORDERED PIZZA FUNGI...SPRING ROLLS AND BEER.
2.00PM...SPRING ROLLS ARRIVE...VEGGIES WRAPPED IN RICE CONDOMS...WELL THATS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE TO ME!
2.10PM...PIZZA HERE...NOT THE BEST...BUT NOT THE WORST.
4.00PM...WALKED IN TO CAFE...THERES A FAT RAT RUNNING UP A PIPE...TOLD THE WAITRESS...SHE JUST SMILED...WE DEPARTED...THERES NOT ALOT TO DO IN HANOI...DRINK/EAT/PEOPLE WATCH.
4.55PM...FOUND BACKPACKERS HOSTEL...WHERE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY HELPFUL..ON THIS OCCASION THE MAN AT THE DESK WAS ABOUT AS HELPFUL AS A BANDAGE TO A GOLDFISH!

4.11.07.
8.30AM...WOKE/SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.00AM...BREAKIE AS YESTERDAY.
11.00AM...LISTENED TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS JAMES BLUNT'S NEW CD...ALL IT DOES IS REPEAT THE FIRST LINE OF EACH SONG...COST A QUID!
11.30AM...RETURNRD CD.
12.30PM...AT TOUR BOOKING PLACE.
1.05PM...BOOKING BOAT CRUISE IN HA LONG BAY AND THEN ONTO HUE WITH HOTEL...PLUS HOP ON/HOP OFF TICKET TO SAIGON...238 DOLLARS...OK IT'S A LOT...BUT WHAT NU WANTS...NU GETS!...8.00AM KICK OFF TOMORROW.
3.00PM...POSTED CARDS...ATM.
3.15PM...SPAG BOL FOR ME...BEEF NOODLE FOR NU...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKES...WEATHER GETTING COOLER.
4.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL...NOISE ON STREET HORRENDOUS...SHOULD BE A LAW AGAINST MOTORBIKES ON A SUNDAY!
4.45PM...WATCHING FROM BALCONY AS THE MESS OF MOPEDS/MOTORBIKES GO BY...HORNS A TOOTING...THE ODD CAR MAKES ITS WAY THRU SLOWLY.
5.10PM...GOTTA PACK...PET HATE...THE I'LL HAVE A BEER.
5.15PM...WATCHING A CHARLIE CHAPLIN FILM...HE'S SWALLOWED A WHISTLE AND AS GOT HICCUPS!
7.00PM...STILL HAVEN'T PACKED...GONNA TAKE A STROLL.


CONCOZY.........(FENETICALLY.......NO WORRIES)

BYE FOR NOWZ.