Get up 8 to get ready for the cooking class, Michael said he would be home for half 8 but when he wasn't I set off anyway. It should have taken 20 minutes to get to Ma May street but it took my 45 minutes! The scenic route is that only way! (I got very lost and walked past the place twice!) On the way, a guy tried to mug me! Please do I look vulnerable!! He was about 25, ran up to me and started pointing at my feet and got a lighter out and started lighting it ...

Slept till 2! Went to have lunch at Gecko down our street! It was nice! We I only had sandwiches though not Asian food! Set off walking to the prison at 3, a girl stopped us on the way claiming she was a student from the red cross? Please! You may be fooled by this youthful skin that I was born yesterday, but unfortunately this is not the case! Hoa Lo Prison cost 25000 (£0.77) to get in! The prison was huge! It had lots of different rooms telling you about...

Got up at 12, Michael said his alarm went off at 8 as we wanted to go to the early closing things today, he just turned it off though! Ha Went for noodle soup as I'm turning into an Asian and they all have it for breakfast! Seriously, when I do come home I will need to find a place that sells this! Don't know when I am coming home though, Michael looked at flights from Bangkok to London for September when he goes home but I don't know what to do! Thinking work...

Oh man I feel rough! We were supposed to get up early and go to see some sights with Celine, a girl we met last night but we were to tired. We slept until 2.30 instead! When we finally slept enough we met Åsa and went for some noodle soup and a food stall around the corner from our street! Had spring rolls as well, they were supposed to be vegetarian but had meat in. I think it was crab. After this, Åsa left and we walked to go and see St Josephs Cathedral! ...

Got up at 9.30 in our new guest house Titanic! We have complimentary breakfast but we didn't want it! I needed to change my Kip to Dong but apparently hardly anywhere changes Kip in Hanoi! That is an understatement. You would think being a capital city and being neighbouring countries with Laos that they would change there currency anywhere but they don't! I went into about 5 different recommended places all recommended the next place. I had two maps, got giv...