The aim this morning was to head out and walk to the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh who lies in state for public viewing. That was going well until we headed down the street completely in the wrong direction! A nice young uni student who spoke english then befriended us and showed us the way. Once in we found ourselves part of the procession past the glass coffin with many of the Vietnamese people with us visibly moved. It was very surreal but felt quite an honor We...

Nice and wet for our arrival in Hanoi but definitely not cold. We marvel constantly at the "relaxed" OHS: entire families on motorbikes, smoking in cafes, dodgy electrical cables bundled together and flagrant disregard for "no mobile phones on" during take off and landing but somehow everything flows and only gives the tourists the heart-starts. We explored the old quarter of the city on our arrival and have been fascinated by the architecture and just how many ...