It is absolutely unbelievable but we've been travelling for 13 months straight today. Almost 400 days ago we left Copenhagen going to Istanbul and from there going overland straight to Xian, Beijing, doing the Mongolia loop, then on the Canada, USA, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua, Thailand, Myanmar and finally now having spent exactly one month in Vietnam.
And what a month in Vietnam. From South to North, from big cities to small villages, from coast and beach to mountains. Friendly people and great food. We got up early this last time and went for a walk. It's been on Mikkels list to go on a morning walk in Hanoi and just look a bit a people and places - and perhaps pay a visit to Ho Chi Mihn - Uncle Ho. So we left the hotel before 7, and walking the quiet streets for about 45 minutes to the mausoleum area where were guided to the end of an enormous queue. Perhaps 400 metres long inside the actual mausoleum area, and even longer outside the fence, including people of every age group, groups of young school kids and their teachers - on a Saturday morning at 7:45 AM. Probably not something you'd ever experience in Europe.
Looking at the queue we did the only reasonable thing - changed plans and left - and walked a bit further to the B-52 museum - an open air museum exhibiting the remains of a crashed B-52, lots of old anti aircraft missiles and cannons and a rather big exhibition about the bombing campaigns in Hanoi. And we had it all to ourselves this morning. Very patriotic but how many countries on the planet have a B-52 wreck to exhibit!
Then we walked back through Hanoi that had now woken up to its usual noisy mood, we had breakfast at the hotel, packed all our stuff, leaving a lot of things in the room, and then we had just around two hours to do Malene's list which included going for the egg coffee we had last night, shopping for shoes, having a Vietnamese milk coffee, lunch in the food alley where they did the pancakes - and then pick up our stuff and leave for the airport.
We managed to do all this, no luck with finding any nice shoes but at 2:30 PM we had our last coffee in Vietnam this time before getting a taxi to the airport. Our first flight was a short two hour flight to Bangkok. Then a short connection and a 7 hour flight to Doha and a few hours there before finally doing the last leg to Copenhagen.
Everything went according to schedule and we even managed to get a nice shower at the lounge in Bangkok before flying to Doha. And getting some sleep on the flight.
And what a month in Vietnam. From South to North, from big cities to small villages, from coast and beach to mountains. Friendly people and great food. We got up early this last time and went for a walk. It's been on Mikkels list to go on a morning walk in Hanoi and just look a bit a people and places - and perhaps pay a visit to Ho Chi Mihn - Uncle Ho. So we left the hotel before 7, and walking the quiet streets for about 45 minutes to the mausoleum area where were guided to the end of an enormous queue. Perhaps 400 metres long inside the actual mausoleum area, and even longer outside the fence, including people of every age group, groups of young school kids and their teachers - on a Saturday morning at 7:45 AM. Probably not something you'd ever experience in Europe.
Looking at the queue we did the only reasonable thing - changed plans and left - and walked a bit further to the B-52 museum - an open air museum exhibiting the remains of a crashed B-52, lots of old anti aircraft missiles and cannons and a rather big exhibition about the bombing campaigns in Hanoi. And we had it all to ourselves this morning. Very patriotic but how many countries on the planet have a B-52 wreck to exhibit!
Then we walked back through Hanoi that had now woken up to its usual noisy mood, we had breakfast at the hotel, packed all our stuff, leaving a lot of things in the room, and then we had just around two hours to do Malene's list which included going for the egg coffee we had last night, shopping for shoes, having a Vietnamese milk coffee, lunch in the food alley where they did the pancakes - and then pick up our stuff and leave for the airport.
We managed to do all this, no luck with finding any nice shoes but at 2:30 PM we had our last coffee in Vietnam this time before getting a taxi to the airport. Our first flight was a short two hour flight to Bangkok. Then a short connection and a 7 hour flight to Doha and a few hours there before finally doing the last leg to Copenhagen.
Everything went according to schedule and we even managed to get a nice shower at the lounge in Bangkok before flying to Doha. And getting some sleep on the flight.
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| Early morning breakfast in the street |
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| Local food |
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| Seems to be a bit since this cinema was open |
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| Morning work-out |
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| Uncle Ho's mausoleum |
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| Endless queue for uncle Ho |
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| B-52 museum |
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| Two generations taking a walk |
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| What you cannot transport on a moped |
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| LOVE this country |
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| Leaving some stuff behind |
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| Going to miss this at home |
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| SHOES ! |
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| NO SHOES !!! #"¤&"#%&"#¤& |
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| Yes, we do |
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| Egg coffee |
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| What you cannot transport on a moped ! |
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| Last trip to the airport |
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| Bangkok bound |
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| Just time for a shower |
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| And a Chang beer |
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| Ready for next leg |
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| Ready for a long flight |
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| Great dinner |
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| In Doha |
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