Stuck in Hanoi

| September 15th, 2008 | Hanoi

Again with the early wake up call at 7am in the form of our tour guide rapping on the door, and despite an earlier night it wasn’t any easier dragging ourselves up to the dining room for polite conversation over breakfast, but as soon as we got a good coffee in us and the sea air worked its magic we were back in the game. The breakfast was nothing short of spectacular of course and once that was out of the way we could get on with enjoying the bay, we took our fresh cups of coffee and sat right on the front of the boat and dangled our legs over watching it all drift by and spotting jellyfish while we gently made our way slowly back to the port. We didn’t arrive back in port until 11am and the ride back was nothing short of spectacular, it just doesn’t get old… Once the anchor was down we all checked out of our cabins and sat down for lunch… Our last meal on the boat was as amazing as the first, seriously its worth going on the cruise just for the food! After lunch we got on the little landing boat, went back to dry land and got on our bus back to Hanoi. Once again we were back in the old quarter of Hanoi and the first thing we did was check to see if our card had been found in the ATM, alas it hadn’t so we spent the next few hours sorting that all out and everything that comes with it including a phone call to the worlds best parents for a little help… Thank you!!! From then until now all we have been doing is hanging about the old quarter trying to conserve the little emergency cash we have by doing not a lot, until a few hours ago when we got our night train tickets all booked up for tonight Sapa bound…