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Intrepid Tour: Vietnam/ Hanoi
It was early evening when we arrived here and as soon as we left the terminal we were bombarded with taxi drivers wanting to take us to the city. 20 dollar, 20 dollar but out came Ian's bargaining skills and finally as we moved along the line until he negotiated a $10 ride! Everyone who has been here told us about the scooters, but it is just an experience like no other!! There are 4 million people in Hanoi and 2 million scooters! The population is preparing for their N.Y. in two days time but I am sure this is just the normal scooter scene, regardless! There is everything on their bikes from a metre+ mandarin tree to a basket full of chickens. We saw one with about 18doz beer (Ian spotted that one!), a large dressing table and even a guy txting among this chaos as he rode along!!! How everyone misses each other I will never work out, but I didn't see any anxious faces as our taxi headed toward them and they swerved!! I thought I would be quite nervous butI wasn't - not too much I can do about it and that is the nature of the country. I'm even crossing the road amongst it and not too bothered - the rule is to move slowly across, don't hesitate and they swerve around you. I just look at the ground and don't turn my head either way!!! It's worked so far! by worthyadventures 17/02/07 Delete
2nd day Hong Kong
I missed day 2 of Hong Kong which was a really busy, walking day. We began by walking from Scott's flat and up to the Peak, which has been really developed for tourists with a new viewing section opened last year. Unfortunately it wasn't a clear day, but it certainly gave us an idea of the layout of the island. Scott left us at this stage as he had to go to work so Ian and I caught the tram down and walked some more to Wan Chai. We wanted to find the best software shop in H.K. for another memory stick and battery for our camera. I'm pleased I left these purchases until we reached here!!Thank goodness Ian has a good sense of direction! From here we caught a tram back to Central, up 13 escalators to Robinson Road (Scott's road) to purchase some groceries and cook tea for our flatmates!!!
Day 4 we packed and caught up on correspondence before to flying to Hanoi to begin our Intrepid Tour.
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