We arrived in Vietnam at 830 on the 28th and it look about an hour to get through customs. Our visas on arrival worked flawlessly with a $25 stamping fee.
Took a taxi to our hotel, he was quite nice and knowledgeable. Spent that day getting some rest before our tour briefing in the evening. Karin, our tour leader, was quite the spectacle... first off, she was Austrian and wasn't strong in English. She also didn't know any asian languages, at all... quite different from Jack, our Thai tour leader.
On the 29th we took off to Halong bay, took quite a few pictures which will be added to my picasa account shortly. stayed overnight on a junk, explored a cave, and played cards until about 2 AM. Stan, the Brit in the tour group, got angry when he didn't win and it was hilarious. The next day was another relaxed day in Hanoi, until Kayla lost her debit card - this left us with only both of our credit cards. Kayla was able to contact her mom for her pin and I fixed my issue as well.
The next day we went to a decent club (3-level) but can't remember the name. Also went to the army museum, of which I took another gaggle of pictures which i'll upload soon. Took a night train to Hue and spent the day in Hue looking at some temples (temple of tu doc) via a boat that we rented for the day to tour us around. There was a cool bar known as the DMZ bar (as Hue was part of the DMZ during the American war), where the walls are absolutely covered with writing and there was free pool. I turned on the TV that night to see the wings sweet colorado 8-2, so my writing was clear:
DET 8 COL 2, A'LA 2002.
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