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Having thought that 5 days would be too long to spend in Hanoi, I managed to thoroughly enjoy all of them, whether they were spent lying in until 2pm and lazing around in coffee shops or getting up early to explore the cities hidden gems. Having met another lone traveller over breakfast on my first morning, we spent the rest of the weekend together experiencing capital city life in Vietnam. This, of course, involved a bit of a night out where we were pushed around by waitresses who collapsed tables and disposed of beers in a panicked state as the police marched up the alleyways (there are clearly some rules about where/where you can not set up business but by the giggles on the policemen's faces, I was not taking it too seriously...). During our stay in Hanoi, we became locals to a Banh Mi cafe, serving the most exceptional Banh Mi (would you believe it?!) as well as to a coffee shop where I experienced my first, and not my last, Vietnamese coffee - it's really no surprise that I haven't slept for 4 nights...! We also discovered a street stall that did cups of beer for 5,000 Dong, which is 16pence... I won't lie, it was disgusting and mine ended up down the drain but it was an experience nonetheless. Being a Vietnamese holiday, the streets surrounding the lake were packed with buskers, kids playing and dog walkers walking nothing but miniature poodles with silly haircuts. I was ready to be alone again after 5 days with company but I very much enjoyed a fairwell meal to PIZZA HUT (so so cheeky I know) before I headed for the airport.
The one with the giggling policemen
May 30, 2018
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Hanoi, Vietnam
Having thought that 5 days would be too long to spend in Hanoi, I managed to thoroughly enjoy all of them, whether they were spent lying in until 2pm and lazing around in coffee shops or getting up early to explore the cities hidden gems. Having met another lone traveller over breakfast on my first morning, we spent the rest of the weekend together experiencing capital city life in Vietnam. This, of course, involved a bit of a night out where we were pushed around by waitresses who collapsed tables and disposed of beers in a panicked state as the police marched up the alleyways (there are clearly some rules about where/where you can not set up business but by the giggles on the policemen's faces, I was not taking it too seriously...). During our stay in Hanoi, we became locals to a Banh Mi cafe, serving the most exceptional Banh Mi (would you believe it?!) as well as to a coffee shop where I experienced my first, and not my last, Vietnamese coffee - it's really no surprise that I haven't slept for 4 nights...! We also discovered a street stall that did cups of beer for 5,000 Dong, which is 16pence... I won't lie, it was disgusting and mine ended up down the drain but it was an experience nonetheless. Being a Vietnamese holiday, the streets surrounding the lake were packed with buskers, kids playing and dog walkers walking nothing but miniature poodles with silly haircuts. I was ready to be alone again after 5 days with company but I very much enjoyed a fairwell meal to PIZZA HUT (so so cheeky I know) before I headed for the airport.
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The one where I'm unprepared
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The one where I people watch
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The one with the sweaty boys
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The one with the pickled slugs
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The one where I smell
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The one with pacing bears and bamboo grubs
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The one where I might have rabies
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The one with more Pad Thai
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The one with 762 curves
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The one with boobs
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The one with the wall of China
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The one where I'm full
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The one with the "cruise"
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The one with waterfalls
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The one with one too many waterfalls...
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The one where the bird dies
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The one with the Lao Lao
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The one where I discover bangers and mash
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The one with moody views
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The one with a girl, a bike and a big city
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The one where I'm offered a foetus kebab
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The one where I'm really lazy
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The one with dolphins in it
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The one with the virgin chicken
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The one where I eat a lot of pepper
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The one with the minty Carbonara
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The one where there's a bit o splash back
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The one where I'm at one with nature
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The one with the red chair restaurants
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The one with the disappointed tourists
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The one where it's not actually cake
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The one where I wait
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The one where I cross the border
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The one where there are tiny chairs at tiny tables
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The one where I fight with the toilet
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The one where there was "no roast duck" left
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The one with the fashionable poncho's
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The one with the broken scooter
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The one where I eat wild mushrooms
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The one where my kayak is full of coral
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The one with the giggling policemen
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The one where I am reunited with Pad Thai
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The one where everything is extortionate
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The one where I'm a bottomless pit
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The one where I apparently stink
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The one where he melted
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The one where Oasis perform live
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The one where my splinter is sterile
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The one where it comes to an end
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