We got to Hanoi at about 8:30am – 4 hours late. That had made me nervous at around the time we should have arrived, but were actually stopped in the middle of nowhere for ages over apparently nothing! Anyway, a boy from the hotel had been waiting for us for 4 hours, bless him – and even then he didn't have a car as promised, but simply hailed us a cab – we could have done that ourselves!
We got to our hotel, it was OK, and relaxed for a bit. Went for a little wander to find the Singapore Air office and change our reservation, which we managed successfully and headed back in a storm. We got so wet running the 3 metres from a bank where we sheltered to a taxi! We weren't a huge distance from the hotel, but as it turned out there was a hurricane in the area!
We got back to the hotel and tried to book a trip to Halong Bay, but we were told that due to said hurricane in Halong Bay itself, we were unable to book a trip. Later on though we did manage to book it for the next 2 days. For dinner we headed out through a hastily rising night market randomly in the streets and to Thai Express. We left bad feedback as it was very average! Up for an early start the next day for our trip.
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