This is really just a note to myself – don’t book afternoon/evening flights anymore. We’ve had a few of them this trip, and while having some more time to spend in a city before leaving sounds like a good idea, in reality it just means spending a bunch of time in the limbo between hotel checkout and airport checkin.
The rain doesn’t help things either. Both when we left Dalat, and then Hoi An today it was pretty miserable. Walking around killing time isn’t much fun when you’ve got nowhere to dry off afterwards. Normally we just end up grabbing some food (Holly’s pre-flight comfort food of hot chips generally makes an appearance), and then play the waiting game (or more specifically in this case, “boxes”).
Anyway, we’ve made it to Hanoi for a very brief visit, as we’re leaving on a tour of Halong Bay and Trang An at 6:30am. From what we’ve seen, the vibe here is similar to Ho Chi Minh City. We’ll be here for one more night once we get back from our tour, but as we won’t be getting in until late, and have an early flight to Phu Quoc the day after, we’re not really going to get a good look around. If only I’d booked an afternoon flight…
P.S. Since we’ll be on a boat for the next few days, pretty safe assumption that we’ll be offline. Hope you can survive without our captivating updates.
Who won the game?