Hanoi

Hanoi is crazyyyyyyyyy! Everyone said the traffic was bad but didn't expect it to be this bad. Nearly got run over about 100 times today. Motorbikes everywhere!

Had a wonder around Hanoi this morning and accidentally bought a couple more dvds, I can't help myself! They are about 80p each! Had a lovely passionfruit smoothie, possibly the best one of my trip (and I've had alot!) Just wondered around the city and got a feel for the place. You get hassled quite alot here.

Manged to skype Mum and Dad which was really good and the internets free here which is a plus. Then we went to a bbq up on the roof top of our hostel, which was cool.

This evening we went to a 'water puppet show'. At first we attempted to walk there but after nearly getting run over many times we jumped in a cyclo! It's a bike with a seat on the front. Michelle took a video of the traffic from the cyclo of us winding through the traffic and it gives a good jist of how crazy it is. The puppet show was actually really good! Very cleverly done and funny to watch. A nice chilled evening.

At 8am tomorrow we go on our Halong Bay boat trip, so think we will get another early night. We get to stay on the boat overnight and it looks really cool from the pictures! Apparently there are sometimes jellyfish, so I'm a bit scared about getting in the water. I'm sure I will though, the water looks aqua blue in pictures I've seen. We get back at 4pm the next day and then get on a night bus to Hoi An at 6pm. Vietnam is a bit rushed as we stayed so long in Vang Vieng.