After our worst overnight bus trip yet, we arrived in the capital city of Vietnam, Hanoi. The bus ride started well, lots of empty seats so we could stretch out and sleep, but 30 minutes later we had circled Hue 3 times and picked up what felt like any Vietnamese who fancied a ride to the capital! We eventually left with all the seats full plus people sitting on little plastic stools in the aisle. Now throw in a couple of people being sick and you can see why the 12 hour journey wasn't a highlight of our Vietnam experience. Still, at least it's very cheap :-) We stayed in the Venus Hotel (not recommended) where we hooked up with a couple of English blokes, John and Dihlan, from Croydon (both big Crystal Palace fans
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