Hanoi

After the Ha Giang Loop, we took a night bus (last one on this trip!) back to Hanoi, arriving in Hanoi around 6am. As it was too early to check into our hotel, we dropped off our bags, freshened up and went for breakfast. We had a delicious beef pho at Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su - a Michelin Bin Gourmand recognized testaurant - right after it opened, which was the only time we saw empty tables at the restaurant during our 4 days in Hanoi.

The next few days in Hanoi were spent shopping (for ourselves and others), eating delicious street food (bun cha, pho, banh mi, banh ran, mango puddings) and visiting Hoa Lo Prison Museum. We were also lucky enough to catch up with Alvin (who Cass went to university with and will be working with when we return home - a total coincidence that we were in Hanoi at the same time), and Sara and Danael (a Swiss couple we met on the Ha Giang Loop who are 6 months into their year long world trip).Læs mere