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From Hue I went to NInh Binh, i took a night bus, in that bus you don t find seat, only beds.
I get off the bus its 5 oclocl in the morning. I m with an irish couple. we lloked for a cheap hotel till someone suggested us to follow him. i didn t want to take a room , i waited for the day, rent a motocycle. Cau doc (10 km from Ninh Binh) offer the same landscapes that Halong bay...exept that the rocky hills are surronded by rice paddies and rivers, not by the sea. In the afternnon, i m quiet freezing , i decided not to stay in that dirty old town (the pogues)...lets go to hanoi....
I got in hanoi at 5 pm, i took a motocycle taxi to get the guest house, after bargaining i got one room for 8 dollars, staff is groovy. They can make my chinesse visa, it gonna take one week. I spend half day in the clothes shop to buy a new pan, a jacket, socks. It s 10 degree outside (inside too). Hanoi is not so as crowded as HCMH but it s not quiet neither.
I stayed two days at the home of relatives to my brother in law Laurent, it was nice to see how a expat family live in a so crazy city as hanoi. I really apreciated their hospitability and to eat chocolate, sour cream, sweet breakfast, bread....(western food), i use to eat only local food in south east asia . Instead of attended a water puppet show (hanoi speciality), it was full , we went to the circus together.
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