Today we flew from Chaing Mai to Hanoi.... We started our journey without passports! They had previously been turned into Pop to get visas made while we were up in the middle of nowhere. Amazingly, there he was passports, smiles and all at Bangkok International patiently waiting for us... Unreal! We flew out to Hanoi, troublefree, where BC attempted to negotiate a taxi. Unwittingly, we went for a unlicensed Taxi who tried to rip us off, yet again.... Somehow, BC renegotiated the proper price halfway through the ride... Went to goto our 'Ritz Hotel'... Down some nasty allyway which looked like a scene out of apocalypse now we went... And boom, one beautiful small boutique hotel we found.. (thanks tripadvisor!). Three seconds after walking in, in walks Michael Gordon and his lovely lady Rayna.. Nice Coincidence!!!
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