WE LANDED IN VETNAHM AT 9 P M (local time). The next day I DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because it was so hot. We stayed in Hanoi for three days. Our apartment was called centre point hotel. We got a birdseyevew of Hanoi it was awesome until we left but on the bright side I get to tell you my Hanoi story.
At Hanoi there was a lot of toys and the best toy in the world was (sound effect) ‘DANANANA’ FIGET SPINERS!!!!!!!!!!BUT UNFORTENTLEY most of them WERE TO EXSPENTSEF . They were asking for 150,000 – I told him he was dreaming.
In Vietnam, I’m a millionaire – because $1 is worth 15,000 dong.
There were to many moter bikes. there was a lot of things to do even get lost . Hanoi has more people then HONG KONG. HANOI HAS 7 .8999 MILLON AND HONG KONG HAS 7.765 MILLON PEOPLE!!!! CAN YOU BELVE IT .HANOI HAS MORE PEOPLE in one city than the whole of NEW ZELAND. THERE WAS A MONSOON THE STREETS FLOODED WE GOT STUCK I A SHOP FOR AT LEAST 5 hours WE GOT WASHED AWAY BY THE MONSOON THE LADEY AT THE CONTER SWOAR I HAD A BRAKFIST IN A BUFFA ON THE FIRST DAY I HAD A TWO TYPS OF DRAGON FRUIT ONE WHITE ONE PINK A LOT OF PASON FRUITYUM YUM YUM.
I ALSO HAD A LOT OF CHOCONUT FLESH.
PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO TAKE PHOTOs of MY SITER but she SCREAMS HER HEAD OFF. I CAN,T STAND IT!
Parents note:
Hanoi is home to nearly 8 million people, and it feels like half of them are racing around the city's narrow roads on motorbikes any given time. The traffic is incredible. Officially they drive on the right hand side of the road but it is perfectly accepted to pull into an uncoming traffic if your taxi driver gets the urge to so. There are some traffic lights but these seem to be a suggestion, rather than law. The wider streets have lanes but again these seem to be guides with people driving whereever they can - including on the footpath. If there is a gap wide enough to get any part of your vehicle in, you have right of way and everyone else just adapts. It's like a constant, fluid, beeping swarm of angry bees.
Crossing the street requires a leap of faith. You can stand at the edge of a traffic crossing for hours and noone will slow down. Eventually, you just have to step out and walk slowly and the motorbikes will just swerve around you.
Admidst the chaos, the local people adept well and it's not uncommon to see motorbike riders flying down the road while texting on their phone, eating a bowl of noodles or picking their noses. It's surprisingly common to see people doing 60km with one hand on the throttle and the other stuck up their nose. I guess its a practical thing because the air is a bit gritty, but it makes you wonder woudl happen if they crashed.
Up close, the locals have been incredibly friendly. They love kids and are enamored with Jeanie and always want to take her photo and talk with her, but jeanie hates the attention and refuses to interact at all unless their is a bribe invovled (like a cherry or lolly, or one time there was even a watch offered). Tas on the other hand seems to like it and smiles wildly at every random photo opportunity.
The breakfast buffet at the hotel has been awesome - Tas has been eating lots and even willing to try new foods, but there was one morning where Jeanie prefered to just dip her napkin in juice and eat that instead.
Between the heat (it's ridiculously hot) and the chaos, Hanoi was a bit of a shock for us small town folk and were were pretty happy to make tracks for the serenity of Nihn Bihn.
Complete organised chaos.
At Hanoi there was a lot of toys and the best toy in the world was (sound effect) ‘DANANANA’ FIGET SPINERS!!!!!!!!!!BUT UNFORTENTLEY most of them WERE TO EXSPENTSEF . They were asking for 150,000 – I told him he was dreaming.
In Vietnam, I’m a millionaire – because $1 is worth 15,000 dong.
There were to many moter bikes. there was a lot of things to do even get lost . Hanoi has more people then HONG KONG. HANOI HAS 7 .8999 MILLON AND HONG KONG HAS 7.765 MILLON PEOPLE!!!! CAN YOU BELVE IT .HANOI HAS MORE PEOPLE in one city than the whole of NEW ZELAND. THERE WAS A MONSOON THE STREETS FLOODED WE GOT STUCK I A SHOP FOR AT LEAST 5 hours WE GOT WASHED AWAY BY THE MONSOON THE LADEY AT THE CONTER SWOAR I HAD A BRAKFIST IN A BUFFA ON THE FIRST DAY I HAD A TWO TYPS OF DRAGON FRUIT ONE WHITE ONE PINK A LOT OF PASON FRUITYUM YUM YUM.
I ALSO HAD A LOT OF CHOCONUT FLESH.
PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO TAKE PHOTOs of MY SITER but she SCREAMS HER HEAD OFF. I CAN,T STAND IT!
Parents note:
Hanoi is home to nearly 8 million people, and it feels like half of them are racing around the city's narrow roads on motorbikes any given time. The traffic is incredible. Officially they drive on the right hand side of the road but it is perfectly accepted to pull into an uncoming traffic if your taxi driver gets the urge to so. There are some traffic lights but these seem to be a suggestion, rather than law. The wider streets have lanes but again these seem to be guides with people driving whereever they can - including on the footpath. If there is a gap wide enough to get any part of your vehicle in, you have right of way and everyone else just adapts. It's like a constant, fluid, beeping swarm of angry bees.
Crossing the street requires a leap of faith. You can stand at the edge of a traffic crossing for hours and noone will slow down. Eventually, you just have to step out and walk slowly and the motorbikes will just swerve around you.
Admidst the chaos, the local people adept well and it's not uncommon to see motorbike riders flying down the road while texting on their phone, eating a bowl of noodles or picking their noses. It's surprisingly common to see people doing 60km with one hand on the throttle and the other stuck up their nose. I guess its a practical thing because the air is a bit gritty, but it makes you wonder woudl happen if they crashed.
Up close, the locals have been incredibly friendly. They love kids and are enamored with Jeanie and always want to take her photo and talk with her, but jeanie hates the attention and refuses to interact at all unless their is a bribe invovled (like a cherry or lolly, or one time there was even a watch offered). Tas on the other hand seems to like it and smiles wildly at every random photo opportunity.
The breakfast buffet at the hotel has been awesome - Tas has been eating lots and even willing to try new foods, but there was one morning where Jeanie prefered to just dip her napkin in juice and eat that instead.
Between the heat (it's ridiculously hot) and the chaos, Hanoi was a bit of a shock for us small town folk and were were pretty happy to make tracks for the serenity of Nihn Bihn.
Complete organised chaos.
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