Hanoi is the city with a million moto bikes, it is amazing to see families of 4 on one bike and a guy carrying anything from food to sell in the market to cement blocks, or even an occasional cow. One thing we have noticed is that everyone here is so tiny, average weight about 100lbs. We first encountered this when we were going to get a bowl of traditional rice noodle soup on the street, the chair, made for a small toodler looked daunting. Lauren decided her 140 lbs frame (yes I just publically announced my weight, it's sheer muscule anyway) thought the chair was going to buckle. Out of embarassment we proceeded to a sturdier location, an airconditioned, spring roll abundant restaurant. The food here is fabulous as many of you know, it's so fresh. We spent the day walking around and at one point took a bicicyle ride, we were not pedaling, throught the small streets. After a day we feel acquainted with this city. Each street seems to sell different items, we encountered Budda street, toy street, spice street, lamp street ect. literally 50 different stores selling the same thing. Tomorrow we are off to Ha Long Bay with about 30 others from our hostel. We will be kayaking, swimming, and treking for 2 days.
Signing Out,
M and L
P.S. Spell Check isn't working, sorry for our poor spelling
Pictures to come.......
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Hello Meg and Lauren,
ReplyDeleteThis is Chris, the guy you met on the plane ride from Denver to Vancouver. (Yeh, the old gray haired guy). I am so excited for both of you and currently my wife and I are reading your blogs. Keep them coming and be safe. Take more pictures and post them all (not sure if there is a limitation, but you posted some huge pics (you may want to save them off as gif's or bmp's).
Anyway, looking forward to hearing more from you and following your journey.
Take care.
Chris