And then there was 2....

Hello once again from Sunny Vang Vieng Laos!! So much has happend since the last post and internet is very expencive so im going to try to sum it up but will retouch later. After Hue, we moved farther north to a small town called Tam Cock. We took a "sleeper" bus but i ended up spilling water all over me and just sleeping in my shorts. We were the only ones on the bus going to Tam Coc so at 5am we were shaken untill woken and then droped off in the middle of no-where. In the chaos i managed to loose my fav. pair of green sunglasses and bamboo hat. I was cursing when i got off the bus and banged on the door but they didnt stop. Then a small convertable straight out of a austin powers movie picks us up and takes us straight to a hotell for a decent price. We are so tierd at this point we just pass right out. The next day we rented bikes and found a very small out of the way guesthouse that had food downstairs and it was much cheeper than where we were staying so we decided to move. The hotell we were in charged us a "early check in" fee and we were all very angry with them because they had not told us any of this at 5 am. So the next few days we spend around our new guesthouse but the weather is very poor and very misty. One night a group of local vietnameese came in a group of about 15 and went on to have quite a party. Me and stav went down to have some food, and the people having the party invited us to sit and eat with them. They were extreemly kind and did they're best to speek english to us, explaning that it was a school reunion and the teacher was present as well. We sampled various local dishes such as goat and snake and watched the locals polish off 40 odd beer and a botel of vodka. After this madness was cleared up they invited us to come to karaoke with them and at this point we couldnt turn them down (i was sitting outside with some men eating oranges and drinking tea) so we got on they're motor bikes and the lady who owned the place we were staying decided to come and drove me and chad, thanfully she hadnt been drinking much.....Karaoke was a blow out, they had english songs and we all danced as the locals proceded to pound more liquor back. In all it turned out to be my fav. night in vietnam, and i will always remember it. Next we moved to Hanoi, the capital of vietnam. It was a very strange city, complete with old courter (tourist area). The amount of horn honking in hanoi is enough to drive someone insane, its unreal how much they use the horn. After that we headed to Halong bay, world heritage site. The weather in northern vietnam at this time was very misty/light rain and almost no sun came through. We stayed on Cat Ba island and went for a hike up a mountin with guide who had super small plastic sandles on and was a women, but could climb that hill better than any of us. The next night we spent on a boat in Halong Bay and i was a very cool experiance. Well i had best be off but stay tuned for more insane storys coming up!!

Take care all!
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