February 27, 2011
We had a waaaay early flight, and left the hotel at %:30am, to get to Hanoi. Which was good, because we got to spend more time in Hanio, which ended up being not so good, because, we didn't really like Hanoi all that much. It was loud, and dirty, and somewhat rude..... compared to all the really calm places we had been over the past month.
I think the next story I'll tell you is the weirdest thing that I've ever rushed and ran to see, before the closing time. So our flight came in at 9:30, and we were on the bus to Hanoi by 10, the thing we wanted to see closed at 11... it was more or less a game of will we make it or not? We did, because we all jumped out of the buss at 10:58 and ran to the entrance of.... Hochiminh's Memorial.... where his body is displayed..........
I guess the whole line took about 10 minutes to walk through, and I saw the Great Hochiminh's body.... which was kind of creepy, and all I could think about was some joke that was told on the tour that Vietnamese people like KFC so much because Colonel Sanders and Hochiminh have quite the resemblance... also, creepily true.
So... that was weird. Moving on... we got to our little hotel, and then had the afternoon free.
I posted stuff home... you know, all those clothes and shoes I had made. Apparently it will take a month to get to my parent's house, I wonder who will arrive first... the clothes or me? (you know, if they even arrive at all)
After the post office, I went on my some what merry way, to go see the prison in Hanoi that POWs were kept in, most famously John McCain. It was suggested you take a cab to get to the prison but I was only two blocks away... Well... 2 blocks really means... "No Kathleen, you will walk around the same street corner where you think the prison is, for an hour, and not find it." So after walking the streets for a really long time, and being told many different things when I asked for directions, i took a taxi back to the hotel and gave up.
My Canadian sister friends found me, and we ventured off for a nice dinner together and to explore the night markets. I had a good time with them... At the beginning of the tour in Bangkok I had walked around the night markets with them, and they could not bargain... they felt bad. But, i taught them a thing or two, and this last night market we went to together, they totally were able to do it! I was so proud of them! We also got some of our outfits for the pirate party that was to take place the next night on the Junk Boat in Halong Bay.
We met up with everyone at a roof top bar and enjoyed the view and being above all the motorbike chaos. It was a good day overall.
I can't believe Asia is ending....
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