Hanoi

Tuesday 18^th August 2015

I got up at 6am this morning feeling exhausted and threw o some clothes and headed for the bus. All I wanted to do was sleep but I was sat next to a very chatty girl. The conversation was great but all I wanted was sleep. We arrived in Hanoi at the My Dinh bus station which is ages from anywhere. The taxi was expensive and wasn’t a great welcome to the city.

I arrived at the hostel and checked in before making my way to the hospital which was ages away. Annoyingly I had to wait an hour to see the Dr who promptly told me it was fine no surgery needed. He changed the cast to a fibreglass one and gave me a real sling which is much more comfortable than a piece of string. And it was all billed to insurance.

Back at the hostel after yet another taxi ride I spent the afternoon chatting with people in the lounge and trying to stay awake later on I met a bunch of people from my room and we all went and had a meal together at an Indian place.

Wednesday 19^th August 2015

I got up feeling frustrated with my arm which makes me so slow. I had to sort out my insurance claim and try and change a flight but it was all going nowhere and getting me down so I went off to spend the day sightseeing.

There were eight pf us on bikes but we didn’t really see much as everywhere seemed to be closed. I did find an organic shop that has farm projects over Vietnam and spent some time talking to the woman who worked there. We went to a temple of literature but it was so hot and my arm hurt so much I didn’t really take much in.

After lunch which I didn’t eat and a delicious mango shake that I did drink we drove about getting lost in pursuit of the bus station which we eventually found and booked tickets to Cat Ba Island which is in Halong Bay.

On the way back to return the bikes we got lost again and took a huge detour across two bridges which was pretty beautiful. Once the bikes were back I headed to the post office to post my insurance documents and the later we all had dinner together.