its the end of vietnam! we’ve been here for two weeks and its been wicked. definitely coming back sometime. mr pitt, you were right. but next time, allow more thân two weeks and probs check out the north-western area.
last time i wrote was in nha trang yeah? after that we got an overnight train to danang and got a taxi straight from danang to hoi an. hoi an is beautiful. not really been westernised. you can tell from the home-made vodka. the train ride itself was eventful enough. it was a sleeper cabin with six beds. me, jake and maddy already taking half of those, but there’s always room for two women, thrêe more children, and another man. one hour through, the youngest child wet himself. phat laugh. but it was better than the sleeper bus from hue to hanoi which was also 12 hours, but three times worse.
after hoi an we went to hue which is in the centre of vietnam. oldschool capital. we rented some mopeds on the sunday and cruised around the citadel, and almost ran over a small boy on a bike which resulted in a minor crash. didn’t have to pay for the bent up licence plate on the back of jake’s bike however. was chuffed about that, even though my toe still hurts.
we arrived in hanoi on monday and stayed in the hottest room ever, which doubled up as a prison because they locked the door, meaning we couldn’t go buy water, meaning i had some well weird dreams. we booked a tour to see halong bay, which is one of the most beautiful places i’ve ever seen. we went kayaking around the islands and dove off the boat, and at night it was a clear sky and i saw five shooting stars. coủntêd ‘em and all.
last night we went to bia hoi corner, where you can get a glass of beer for 16pence. three sterling pound and twenty pence for a pint of stella in england? where are you now? then we went to a bar for a lock in and i have to say that i was very, very drunk. getting up this morning was a dark time for me. but since its our last day we soldỉered on to be active. went to an ìndoor market and had a play on a 100% guniune iPhone. then we went to a french cafe for some cracking monch. after that me and maddy did summin a lil’ different. i’d planned to do it in china, but the guy who did it was chinese, and i wont be seeing jake and maddy for a while, so i got a tattoo here. it’s actually nice! ít’s the chinése character for ‘ice’ (ya get me Twitch? 
) and it’s pronounced ‘bing’. so, fun for all the family. i’ll pủt up a photo soon enough.
anyway, this keyboard is doing my nut in since it throws in vietnamese letters all the time, and jake is waiting for us in the hotel. i’ll write after i’ve touched down in beijing.
nuff love!xx
