Hello all we have had a great time eating our way through hanoi. The food here is amazing and so cheap a full meal and 2 beers for $5, (we even found a place that was offering a pint for 5000 dongs or 25 cents). However, you sit in the street on little plastic kids chairs and you throw your napkins on the ground so the ambience is lacking. We will be off to a boatcruise in Halong bay for the next three days and two nights aboard a chinese junk boat (the name is misleading they are actually quite nice) there we will explore the world famous limestone cliffs and hidden islands and caves. so we will be offline for the next couple of days.

Ben and Jen