Finally something different. Maybe not in good sense, but still...
First thing to do was to get visa on airport. Before i had already done online application and got a permission letter. Now i just needed to fill some papers, pay 25 USD and thats it. All together around 45 USD.
Next step sleeping, because it was already night. I got from airport to Hanoi with a local bus.... really cheap one -only 0,5 USD..... and started walking to find some people to get some information. Really few of people i met spoke some english, but still they were helpful. There was a group of young people having kind of bbq picnic ona small street. They invited me to join and gave me a motorbike lift to a cheap hostel. Yeah,sometimes I need to use even hostels.
In the morning I started to look for a second hand bike to buy. After 4 hours of useless walking to places which i was recommended but didnt exist, i finally found some guys from bicycle rent and they found a bike for me. Some fixing and negotiating, and i got the bike for 24 USD.
After 4 days in Vietnam I've got really tired of the word "hello" because thats the only english word that most of the people know, so they repeat it as much as possible.... and almost everybody I see on the road says hello (its actually nice but in the end quite annoying). People are mostly working, having babies and drinking beer or an destillate which they call wine, but is more similar to vodka. Outside big cities people dont have hobbies like sport or music or arts... at least it seems like tat.
On the other hand local peole are quite welcoming and friendly (of course many of them think that europeans are rich as hell, so they try to doubble all the prices, but then i just need to negotiate a bit). Food is quite good and cheap. I tasted first time in my life bamboo and some weird mollusc...not bad. Snacks you can order with beer are also super, at least in the bar that i visited with my couchsurfing host in Lang Son.
I missed the possibility to climb in Cat Ba Island, because it was raining heavily.... 3 days...and still raining probably. So i went to north, direction to mountains. Now maybe some trekking. BTW, I still dont have a tent and gas for camping, because in Vietnam they dont sell those things (they dont practise hiking, camping). I have been 3 nights in hostels and 2 nights hosted by people.I feel that i dont have freedom anymore, because i cant stay for night where ever i would like to.
First thing to do was to get visa on airport. Before i had already done online application and got a permission letter. Now i just needed to fill some papers, pay 25 USD and thats it. All together around 45 USD.
Next step sleeping, because it was already night. I got from airport to Hanoi with a local bus.... really cheap one -only 0,5 USD..... and started walking to find some people to get some information. Really few of people i met spoke some english, but still they were helpful. There was a group of young people having kind of bbq picnic ona small street. They invited me to join and gave me a motorbike lift to a cheap hostel. Yeah,sometimes I need to use even hostels.
In the morning I started to look for a second hand bike to buy. After 4 hours of useless walking to places which i was recommended but didnt exist, i finally found some guys from bicycle rent and they found a bike for me. Some fixing and negotiating, and i got the bike for 24 USD.
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| My new bike. Her name is Concordia. |
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| Do you know this bike producer? |
After 4 days in Vietnam I've got really tired of the word "hello" because thats the only english word that most of the people know, so they repeat it as much as possible.... and almost everybody I see on the road says hello (its actually nice but in the end quite annoying). People are mostly working, having babies and drinking beer or an destillate which they call wine, but is more similar to vodka. Outside big cities people dont have hobbies like sport or music or arts... at least it seems like tat.
On the other hand local peole are quite welcoming and friendly (of course many of them think that europeans are rich as hell, so they try to doubble all the prices, but then i just need to negotiate a bit). Food is quite good and cheap. I tasted first time in my life bamboo and some weird mollusc...not bad. Snacks you can order with beer are also super, at least in the bar that i visited with my couchsurfing host in Lang Son.
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| Hanoi, active street life and every kind of vehicles. No rules in traffic |
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| a friend |
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| Estonians will understand the name. Anyway, caffe is really good in Vietnam |
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| lake in Hanoi |
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| still in Hanoi |
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| Road to Ha Long |
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| some communist memorial statue |
Ha Long beach
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| Tuan Chau beach, a small island to take a ferry to Cat Ba island |
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| Rocky Islands |
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| Going towards north. mountains begin... |
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| there are many possibilities to buy fruits and other stuff on roads. |
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| In Vietnam only cows play football, others have better to do |
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| again some memorial place on the road. unfortunately i didnt understand what was written there |
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| tropical forest and mountains |
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| some rice fields |
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| river and still forest |
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| the gate of a district. you will recognize some communist symbols |
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| men at work |
I missed the possibility to climb in Cat Ba Island, because it was raining heavily.... 3 days...and still raining probably. So i went to north, direction to mountains. Now maybe some trekking. BTW, I still dont have a tent and gas for camping, because in Vietnam they dont sell those things (they dont practise hiking, camping). I have been 3 nights in hostels and 2 nights hosted by people.I feel that i dont have freedom anymore, because i cant stay for night where ever i would like to.
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