Well, we enjoyed the most amazing airport in the world at Singapore. One could almost holiday that with restaurants, bars, music, various lounges and kinds of chairs, quiet corners including the butterfly pavilion, the fish pond, spas, swimming pool, gym, cinema, internet, sports bars, shopping, hotels and more. Sue and I then parted with Sue returning home and me meeting up with Clive in Hanoi.
Another super flight with Singapore Airlines and then past flooded areas into Hanoi in the rain. There is record rainfall here and lots problems going to various areas. Anyways Clive and I met as expected and having enjoyed 2 days catching up and sampling the food here. Lots of vegetables so I am enjoying them. The food is great - lots of flavour but fairly mild - so far that is.
We are off to Halong Bay tomorrow for a few days on an island. We want to see what the weather is like and then make plans. Hopefully in a few days, it will be ok to go northwest to the hill tribes at Sapa and then south to Hue and the beaches. Right now the trains and buses can not go south. So I am glad that it is flooding and not a major earthquake or other natural disaster. The weather on the planet??? More rain here than in the past 35 years this past week. So crops are affected and I guess the result will be higher prices, etc and difficulties for lots of individuals.
Hanoi seems a modern city with lots and lots of traffic - look both ways and take your life in your hands crossing the roads. I am not sure that the traffic lights mean much. Also the streets are relatively clean, paved and I don't see any homeless people. Is that the Communist regime? Looks pretty prosperous on the surface but will learn much more as time goes on. Some people know English but they do have trouble with some sounds in English - much better than my Vietnamese though. So far everything appears pretty hassle free. We shall see. Anyways we are looking forward to exploring and learning more.
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