Hanoi Vietnam Arriving in Hanoi on the 4th Dec, we managed to find a relatively cheap hotel (after haggling and walking away a couple of times of course) and ventured out onto the streets of Hanoi to find food. The first thing that hits all tourists coming to Hanoi (and it's probably been written on various blogs about 10-gizilion times) are the motorbikes, they are EVERYWHERE, in fact, at first we found it quite tricky to walk around the old quarter because of course, pavements are not for walking on but are bike-parking, or food-stalls, or shops spilling onto the streets, or bars if you go to Beer Hoi corner (where, incidently, Beer is 3000d...12 pence a pint!!). I'd turned my back to Barney for two seconds to take some pictures of the speedy bikes
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