Greetings Everyone, Time to update you again. After a 55 minute flight from the airport of Da Nang, we arrived yesterday in Ha Noi . The weather in Hanoi is just like spring in Seattle, misty and High temps in mid 60s, but fully 25 degrees cooler than our weather thus far. We were greeted by our new driver and tour guide. The hour ride to our hotel took us through a lot of rice paddies and city areas. Our hotel is in the Diplomatic Quarter with 56 Embassies in the area. Since this is the capital of VN we have noticed a stronger military presence, seeing guns on soldiers for the first time. We have noticed a number of differences between Hanoi and where we have visited thus far. First the architecture is different from
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