Hanoi

Arrived in Hanoi a couple of days, hostel is pretty nice with a rooftop bar on the 11th floor looking over the city. Max went to the mausoleum with his new friend and saw the preserved body of Ho Chi Minh. Max comments “a hero to the nation and namesake for the city in the south”. I went to see train street and the longest ceramic mosaic in the world (not that interesting to be honest, just very long). Rejoined today to go to Hoa Lo prison seeing how prisoners were dealt with their during French colonialism and PoW camp during the American war. They claimed to have treated the Americans very well (definitely didn’t).

Plenty of places to eat and drink in the old quarter where we are staying, just need to watch out for the mopeds that fly by. Ha Giang loop booked for tomorrow - main activity in Vietnam.Lue lisää