Day 1 in Vietnam – Hanoi
Posted on | February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Woken up early by loud horns from the street right in from the hotel. (Citygate hotel). Blaring vehicule horns seem to be the trademark of this city (or perhaps all of Vietnam, only time will tell). After getting all my stuff onto the bike I tried riding around the city careful to remember where I had come from so that I could find my way back in a pinch.
The cool thing about the traffic being so slow is that I can keep up easily on the bike and its really nice that all the vehicules are the same size as me (mopeds). One used to the way traffic works its pretty easy to work with. I spend a good chunch of the day just riding the back streets Near the lake in the old quarter of Hanoi.
A local that I met showed me to a small shop where I wound up trying a whole bunch of foods that I had never tried before. The veggies were all very tasty, but the meats, especially the chicken (which still had all its bones intact) were more of a chore. But a good experience nonetheless.
I am having a bit of trouble keeping up with the conversion rates. Things like means can cost 100 000s of don which is only a couple dollars but its confusing working back and forth with Yen and US dollars at the same time.
Tonight I am onto the night train for Lao Cai and then on to Sapa in the morning. Its a tour arranged by the Hotel that I am staying at here.
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February 28th, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
Sounds like a cool trip! What inspired you to go?