Adventure part two has officially begun. Starting off with about 20 hours of planes and airports of course. But, Asiana airlines treated us very well with everything from tooth brushes to aftershave in the bathrooms, and individual TV's. Also, our hold over in Seoul was quite entertaining as there were cultural rooms where you were welcomed to play dress up and paint little wood tables. And of course it was a small party on the plane with a baby sized chocolate mousse cake because Zoe turned 19 as we were in the air!
The only thing that didn't go so well was ATM's at one in the morning in Vietnam. I am now convinced ATM's all over the world are out to get me. I tried 10 to 15 different bank machines with no success, and then one with a touch screen which must really despise me gave me cash without me selecting an amount. And it just so happened to give me 100,000 Dong which is like 7 USD which means I payed more in bank fees than I got in cash. It caused a small breakdown but soon we were off in a cab and on our way to Hanoi.
We took a main road into Hanoi at about two in the morning and it just so happened that is when everyone is transporting their goods for the morning markets. We passed one after another motorbike pilled with about 3-5 feet of stuff hanging off in each direction. First there was the produce parade of motorbikes and then the flower fleet. Everything else was a mystery though because of the darkness, so this morning we woke up to a bustling Vietnam and started wandering our way through. So far the motorbikes have dodged us but I am sure one of them might bump over my toes one day.
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