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Some more memorable things,
1 - jumping off the boat at night in Ha Long Bay to go swimming - even in pitch darkness I was tracked down by a woman in a boat selling food and drink - 'allo....allo - you want to buy some sing?'
2 - I'm getting myself a car horn for walking around Hanoi - its a war out there....there's no pavement left because all the bikes are parked lengthways across it...I'm also going to go up behind a honda moped driver and see how he likes it when I honk really loudly right in his ear. There is just no describing how crazy it is....
3 - Each road in the old quarter of Hanoi seems to sell one thing which is quite handy but not much use when your in the street that sells metal coat stands (not joking) or desk fans.
4 - If your going to go kayaking, take a german with you, they're always really sporty and have an incredible sense of direction (also, if you sit at the back they wont see you not rowing)
5 - Squid.....chewy and tasteless, even when dressed up in batter, its like nibbling the end of a garden hose.
6 - King Prawns - 1 hour to let it cool down, half an hour peeling the thing and trying to get rid of the black bit down the middle...leaves you with about 1cm of bland seafood - yeah, great...
7- while we're on on fish.....whole fish presented on a plate - yeah, might look nice but hey, you mean you want me to cut the head and tail off myself, open it up, serve myself a massive pile of fish bones for the sake of about two calories? i'm not a bleedin fishmonger, get out here and chop the thing up, take the bones out and bring some chips and a side salad while you're at it, I'm not Rick Stein you know.
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