Old Quarters HÀ NÔI

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It's HOT! This may take a couple of days to acclimatise. I reckon the locals can tell the new arrivers by how red their faces are. Poor Els turns such a vibrant shade we are only game to venture out for around an hour before returning to our room to cool off.

I get this urge to venture in to the streets and mingle. Nina says she thinks I'm secretly a city person. My first mission was to find a local SIM card and water.

We managed 3 short family adventures for lunch by the "big castle with bells" (cathedral), a few hours later a trip to the lake (including frequent stops so that people can take photos and touch the kids) and dinner where Agus promptly fell asleep before our food arrived!

The food has been amazing already, we've had Vietnamese baguettes, pork satay rice paper rolls, noodles and spring rolls. We're just heading off for our free breakfast.

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Photos

Hanoi House
Cool bohemian style cafe

Hanoi House
The hot couple

Hanoi House
Elsie falls a sleep in the heat

St Joseph cathedral
Forgot how crazy the power lines are in Asia

Street food
This lady loved the kids

Fig tree
Strangling the building

Round a bout
There's hardly much traffic in this shot