After a decent nights sleep started on a city tour of Hanoi, first visiting the Hanoi Hilton where both political prisoners and downed American airmen were kept. They made the most of John McCain’s recent visit back to his old captors. On to the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, a sombre and somewhat creepy affair [...]
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No water puppets – Hanoi, Vietnam
Woke up with the worst hangover since the rice wine incident of 2004, so walked straight out of bed and jumped into the freezing sea. The cold provided a brief distraction from the pain but no more, so climbed up to the sun deck where it was obvious who’d been drinking the previous night. I [...]
Gutter life – Hanoi, Vietnam
Woke up with a headache stemming from an earlier Long Island Iced Tea which seemed to contain whiskey, and that never agrees with me, so decided on an alcohol free day. Flight to Hanoi was delayed for 12h so enjoyed a lazy morning in various coffee shops and riverfront cafes before heading to the airport. [...]
