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So muggy today

I manages to get outside today as I was feeling a bit better. We went to try on our new clothes that were being made for us.

As soon as I put on one of the shirts, I was sweating through it. I was past the embarrassment of it as sweating is my favorite pastime these days anyway!

We were both happy with our stuff apart from a few wee things! All good for picking up tomorrow.

Went for dinner in “Streets” again. Too good not to…

Got a taxi back to the hotel. The driver is a very short man…

Taxi legroom

Dat legroom

Indoor day

Not feeling great today, plus my body is sunned-out!

Laura went for a massage so it figures…

BFQTY and pizza

BFQTY and pizza

Romantic boat ride

Tonight it was the moon festival, in which all shops turned off their lights and lit fires outside next to an alter.

On the river,people were floating candles in little paper boats.

We got ourselves a boat ride along the river. We thought it would be a lovely thing to experience seeing how we are not here forever.

That would have been been case of it was not for this annoying little bugger that was on the boat with us. He was the son of the guy rowing the boat. He would booty shut the … up! He had his own candle that I was very nervous to be around because he was waving around like a fan and splattering wax all over the place.

And he was a scratcher! I actually shouted at him to stop and expected his father to shout at me, but this kid is clearly a little git and it’s shouted at by every tourist on his boat.

After all that, he docks the boat, I nearly fall in the water, he tries to get more money off us. Then we ran away.

10/10 for the romanticism…

Went for dinner. Came home. Tried to watch Netlix. Zonked out!

Streets

One of the highest-rated restaurants in Hoi An , “Streets”, was a must. It works the same way as the “Friends” restaurant in Phnom Penh where they take less-than-fortunate children/teens and give them a job, and train them up to have a better chance at things.

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I had “My Quang” and Laura had “Banh xeo”. No complaints, brilliant food!

Had a browse round some shops. Bought some things, took pictures of otherd.

Terrible "Inception" coaster

Urncerpshoon

They stole my idea….

Gemstones art museum, wine bar & boutique

Gemstones art museum, wine bar & boutique

Obviously…

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First night in Hoi An

We got a taxi to the “Old Town” and had a wander passed the many shops and street vendors in this place.

Japanese bridge

Japanese bridge

We found a menu that looked interesting enough, but it was so basic and terrible it was a regret we went there. Should have gone to Trip Advisor!

The view was nice, though!

Riverside restaurant

Riverside restaurant

Soft drinks & bebrs

Soft drinks & bebrs

Very basic meal

Very basic meal :(

Walked through the market where ever second stall sold the same stuff. So, so busy! After about 45 minutes we found a pub playing live music so we took a seat.

Pub near the market

Laura hates this T-shirt

The bar staff started taking the piss with my mocktails… this is the second one. The third will have an umbrella, piece of fruit, sparkler, firework, more straws, and a note to tell me I’m a wimp for not drinking alcohol!

Fancy drinking straw thing

Fancy sober!

 Artsy shot!

Artsy shot, or something

So far, I love Ha Noi!

Needed western food tonight

Black Jack's

Black Jack’s

I went for a burger… it wasn’t even the biggest one they sold!

Black Jack's burger

Black Jack’s burger

Obviously it was bloody brilliant….

Essence Hotel, Hanoi review

Impeccable! Extremely polite. Extremely helpful. Their breakfast was great. Their dinner was great. Air-con. Laptop in the room. Quiet room despite being in the middle of mayhem on the streets… there was a beer festival going on and we couldn’t hear any of it.

Right in the middle of everything, so restaurants, shops, buses, taxis, everything was easy!

10 Reb points
😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
(Nout wrong with this place)

Good morning, Vietnam!

This is a breakfast fit for a king in comparison to the previous hotel we were at. A lovely variety of fruit, cakes, and meats.

Essence hotel breakfast

Essence hotel breakfast

We both had the French toast with cinnimon and it was great! Brilliant start to the day, we will need it to survive the hotter temperature here.

First night in Hanoi

After a 45 minute drive from the airport, we arrive right in the middle of it all! The streets are 10 times busier here than in Cambodia. Streets that are the width of a large Europenian car are being walked on, driven through, cycled through, and biked through all at once … with millimeters to spare. It’s impressive. If I was driving I would have been stressed about the damage, but our driver is obviously used to it.

We got out the taxi and were greeted by this. The street was so densely packed with people, the atmosphere was fantastic. Food everywhere, beer everywhere, people everywhere.

Old Quarter - Hanoi

Old Quarter – Hanoi

Our room

Our room

After dumping all our stuff in the room, next on the agenda was dinner. We had a wonder round the streets near our hotel and sat down at one of the many placed that offer food. All the place you can eat or drink at have tiny tables and chairs for you to sit on! We went for Salt & Pepper Chicken (grissle or feet, we are not sure). We tried it, but didnt eat all of it as it was basically like eating cartilidge. Great experience, though.

Chicken

Salt & pepper chicken feet

Our view from our seat

Our view from our seat

The hotel room has a laptop in it. Total Good send, as using my mobile all the time is wearing thin. A previous guest was clearly a connaisseur of the adult material, with such a specific search term to get right to it.

Google search history

Google search history

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Oft.

You know who you are, Dirty blighter!

Memoire D’Angkor, Siem Reap review

Our hotel was lovely. We were greeted by very friend staff. The most polite people on the planet probably. We were given a very nice mocktail on arrival and the floor manager dealt with is straight away.

He told us about their deals for going to see the temples. Their various options and prices. Very nice experience.

On the other hand, we were not told the Wi-Fi details in full (first-world problem, I just phoned reception), he never told us about anything to do in the city, no restaurants, or shopping, or anything like that. He didn’t tell us were breakfast was.

The air con in our room didn’t work to well, but that is forgivable.

The staff always insist on replacing your towels at slightly inconvenient times. Not a big deal.

That all said, it was a lovely hotel room. Decorated well, clean, and had a balcony.

Breakfast is sub-par. Toaster was broken and nuked one side whilst a wasp farted on the other.

We did have an  egg-shaped suspended chair, so that was a plus!

And this place has a lovely warm pool, too, complete with bar.

Hotel pool

Not expensive to stay in, lovely hotel , but you might find yourself asking a lot of questions about things you should be told about.
7 Reb points
😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
(3 deducted because poor wi-fi at times, breakfast was not good, and air-con was broken)

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