Vietnam

After the pitiful sleep we'd had in Don Muang airport the night before we were all super pleased to have a free airport transfer to our hostel (the Little Hanoi Hostel) in the centre of Hanoi. Arriving to a large welcoming committee we soon understood what everyone was talking about when they said the Vietnamese were extremely hospitable! We were ushered in by Miss Kim and another guy we think was brought along to speak to us in English as he was American, although we're not sure why as Miss Kim's English is brillo-pads! We were given breakfast of a crusty role, butter and jelly like jam, and told our room was ready whenever we needed it!... Well immediately was the answer after falling asleep in the breakfast the had provided! We practically ran up to room 204 and collapsed in a heap on the beds only to wake up five hours later feeling a little more conscious and alert! We decided we were all rather pekish (standard) so headed out for some food.

Walking the streets of Vietnam is like playing a game of Russian roulette with your life. The trick is just look forward and don't panic, they'll go round you! When I say 'they' I mean the thousands of mopeds darting across every possible walkway. Oh the fun we had trying to cross the roads! After mooching around, getting very lost and almost being run down for the 20th time we came up with a plan... We were just going to grab some bits for dinner and head back to our room that has a TV with an American movie channel to pig out for the evening! It was perfect, I don't think our emotions or reasoning could have handled much else given the amount of sleep we'd had.

Hope none of you are as tired as us!

Missing you all

Three very sleepy girls

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