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We arrived in hanoi after an interesting flight on Vietnam airways, wondering whether we would survive the cramped seats. The local bus to hanoi city was an eye opener to the start of the adventure. We passed through the countryside where local worked in the fields and cattle meandered across the track roads.
We met a sweedish pair who had travelled through the country from the south and recomended a cheap hostel to stay at.
We trudged through the city trying to find a "recommended" hostel that turned out to be dirtier and more cockroach infested than anythign I had ever seen!
The city has more buzz than London, and I cannot even begin to describle the how many motorbikes and bicycles there are. There are no real road traffic rules. I fyou want to trun right, then fight your way through! They carrying anything on their bikes, including paynes of glass, baskets of chickens and batches of eggs!
Amazing city!
We spent a couple of nights here exploring the city and meeting only 3 or 4 other backpackers along the way. Well worth a visit.
I enjoyed Koh Samuii as well, but it was 1993 when a wis there and we did stay at a real cool b'packers so... everyone's different !! But Thailand generally, especially Bangkok rawks in ma opinion !!