Our last couple of days have been spent wandering the streets
of Hanoi. This town is quite different from the rest of the country. Communism
is still in force in Vietnam and it’s most evident in this town. We went to
visit Ho Chi Minh today, his embalmed body anyway. Weirdest thing I’ve ever
seen….. Had to line up for about an hour, then as you got closer to the
mausoleum there was to be no talking, no raising of arms or hands, no sudden
movements blah, blah, blah. Ian thought for sure I would be
arrested.
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| Take-away Vietnamese style, baby chickens in a black soup! |
We did discover “Beer Hoi” – 20 cents a glass. Ian was
ecstatic, however the glasses needed a good wipe before the beer was poured. Our
glasses were a tad dirty.
We leave for OZ tomorrow. We fly from Hanoi to Bangkok to
Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. It should only take us approx 3 days to get home, which
includes the 10 hour stop over we have in Bangkok. This is what happens when you
book the cheapest flights possible.
So that’s it for Heidi and Ian ‘carry-on’ Vietnam. Looking
forward to drinking out of the tap, having a bathroom with plumbing, that works,
not seeing rats outside my bedroom window, although they do appear friendly. And
not being able to walk down the street and see restaurants that have pictures of
pussy cats on the menu! I keep telling myself that as well as serving food they
have a pet shop business as a side line…..
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| until next time...... |
A thought to ponder, do you think you can get a skin disease
from using too much hand sanitizer?
