28 February 2009

Hanoi the Capital or So long the 3 Swiss & Vietnam. 30th January & 2nd-4th February

I can state that i was not a fan of Hanoi. Maybe its because we arrived just after Tet. So the city had not quiet woken up yet. Maybe after the other towns of city of Vietnam, this was like any other big city. Very impersonal?? Originally I was planning to stay in Hanoi (Vietnam) until the 9th February, but I decided that I could not stay in Hanoi until the 9th, so I booked to leave the 4th. I have not much to say about Hanoi so enjoy the Photos.

Our first stay in Hanoi







Back in Hanoi after Halong Bay. Joined by Albane. Visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Bizzare experience.






Hanoi was my last stop in in Vietnam and SE Asia and sadly the end my travels with Ceci, Alex & Nora, the 3 Swiss. At this point I had been travelling with Ceci for a month, and Alex & Nora for 3 weeks. They were heading to Laos then Thailand. Ceci & Alex were then heading then to Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Nora back to Geneva. You can keep following their travels on Their Blog.

On the last night, they presented to me a signed Vietnamese flag - I have been thinking of getting one..

I had great time with you 3 and it was a pleasure travelling with you all. Thanks for allowing me to tag along. Have great journey in Myanmar and back in Switzerland. Now onto the Far East...


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You certainly seemed to have good travel companions in the past 3-4 weeks and sounds like you will miss them Dan.

I look forward to hearing a bit more about your take on all your travels when you visit me in Dunners. The spare room is all sorted now so you have a place to stay if you need one.

Anonymous said...

After your comments I've crossed Hanoi off my list of places to visit... am glad that you met great travel companions... must have been sad going your seperate ways.