Hello Vietnam!!







 Wow! So 14 hours or so in a metal box from the UK gets here! 

Loving Hanoi - the vibrancy and hurly burly. And so much to buy - it’s head spinning! 





But nearby is a lovely lake which brings some calm and the hotel is lovely too with a swimming pool on the roof! 




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