The arrival here was somewhat stressful. After a white knuckle ride in the taxi along the highway surrounded by scooters literally coming in all directions we had arranged to stay at a hotel found on the internet, however, when we got there the rooms were not as depicted on the internet..........sparking electrics, smoking a/c and damp walls. My backpack has never moved so fast!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, found a more suitable place to stay around the corner in The Old Quarter.
We hit the Bai Hoi's (drinking dens) for some Vietnamese beers, which cost around 10p per glass! At this point Andrew's jet lag kicked in and after 2 beers his eyes were spinning and began waffling absolute nonsense so time for bed.
This morning we woke early and took a walk around the food market at the bottom of the street. A myriad of weird and wonderful things were for sale.....live frogs (tied together in bunches), rabbits, snails, fish, fish heads oozing with blood and still moving, usual farmyard stuff and something that I was not entirely sure about..... a big tail that was still having the dark fur scraped off. Dog is a speciality here but Andrew thinks it was cow. I'm still pondering that one.
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