Hurray......we have some nice shorts and t-shirts weather!!
Got here in the evening time, and took us a while to find the hostel. Dropped off the bags and went for some lovely local food. Enjoyed the free beer for happy hour (8pm til 10pm), until we drunk them dry, then off round town with a couple of guys we met at the hostel.
Up early for the free breakfast, met a sound guy called Roger who gave us a lonely planet guide to Nam. Off to the Ho Chi Minh palace which was nice and colourful. The mausoleum was closed so we had to go the day after. That night we met up with a guy we met in Guilin. Again made full use of the happy hour int hostel then off into town. Our first stop was full of very friendly boys, a proper working mens club. We met a sailor, which was quite odd as we were miles away from any sea. One in there then moved on, although the music was good!
Mausoleum to see Uncle Ho himself, then on to the army museum. They had a Huey!!!! Simon was happy. And loads of other crushed metal and tanks. The centrepiece was a load of wreckage from a US B52 bomber.
Luxury night train north to Sapa. Cabin to ourselves, I whipped Colm at poker.......he lost 30,000 Vietnamese dong. About 1 pound
Got to Sapa around 7am, quick bite to eat then off on a 25km trek. Saw some rice fields and nice hills. Hired a bike the day after, Colm had a go and did well. Then night train back to Hanoi..........
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