Uhh, my ass!

I have finally arrived in Hanoi. Its been a very long journey. We left Vang Vieng at 9:30 am, arrived Phosavan 15:30, departed at 19:30, arrived Vientiane 6:30, sat in the bus station, departed Vientiane 19:00, arrived at the Vietnam border at 6:45 (another fiasco of its own), arrived in Vinh at 10:00, and finally arrived at Hanoi at 19:00.

The journey from Vinh to Hanoi can be described as dangerous, insane, life threatening, etc... There were 3 Irish girls who were so afraid they were going to die they wanted to grab a taxi at our lunch stop. I convinced them that it really wasn't that much farther and they continued on with us for the remaining 3 hours.

But you know what? i don't really care. Hanoi is an amazing. I have only had 2 other holy shit experiences when it comes to visiting new cities. New York was the first (but i also have to say that was the first time i was travelling on my own to a big city) and Tokyo was the second.

Hanoi so far has been an amazing spectacle of scooters. They are everywhere and seem to outnumber the cars 100 to 1. It makes for very interesting cab rides since we're always surrounded by scooters.

I don't really have much to write about now. i'll think of something to say later!

-bk