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Asia, part III: Vietnam (1)

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:39:58

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4ish and then waited for the train at 8.30pm. I hopped on a bike and went 2ks up the rd to the Chinese border and waved at China. I was very tempted to hop across the river and claim asylum! I was supposed to be there in June...C'est la vie!

Met the American couple again and chatted with them until I boarded the train. The folks in my berth were nice and we played some cards and chatted until it got late.

28th - After arriving early and re-checking into my hotel, I headed out to change some money into $$$. I then went to Hoa Lu Prison or the Hanoi Hilton as the American POW's called the prison. (met a guy from the train en route) Wandered round there for a while and saw how'humaely the Vietnamese treated the US POW's'. The French gullotine's were good though, as was Sen John McCain's jump suit. I went next door to the Melia hotel and got some semi decent views from the top floors. These buildings had ads for the Pru on them...spooky! Met the guy again for lunch (eat all u can pasta for 80p) and then went to a pagoda on the lake.

I have confirmed my Halong Bay trip now (31st -2nd) with the Kangaroo cafe (a guy I met in Sapa said they were good!) and the weather looks ok for the next few days. Then on the 2nd I will catch the 7pm bus to Hue after arriving back in Hanoi at 5pm! Hue is about 700k south on the coast and 14hrs on a bus! Pretty good tkt though, it cost me $20 to go all the way to Saigon.

There is a trip I can do on the Mekong from Saigon that on the last day goes into Cambodia - so it looks like that could be a winner. The next couple of days are for resting, laundry and finishing off any sightseeing that I need to do here.

Greetings - Well today I decieded to do the LP old qtr walk (i had a map from the plane with route map on it). It was a good walk lasting about 3hrs - taking in the Hanoi Flag tower, statue of Lenin ...