Tuesday 1st April – Hanoi……
and it’s not raining! Hooray! It’s April Fools’ day too but I haven’t seen too many Vietnamese carrying out comedy pranks as yet. Maybe I should start a trend ;o)
My travel and trips started with great momentum at the start and I seem to have settled into more of a not doing very much routine so far in Saigon. I seem to be appreciating the food A LOT and am loving wandering around the streets. Today I’ve been looking for a medium sized bag and have just been so overwhelmed by all of them, they’re soooo beautiful, that I haven’t bought anything! The clothes are also amazing here and I want them all. The wedding dresses, which appear to be everywhere, are out of this World. I quite want to go and get one fitted and custom made but think it might be somewhat premature and inappropriate given I’m missing a vital ingredient!
I’ve been looking at ways to get to Sa Pa today which is a small town in the North from where you can trek into the local “ethnic minority” (as they call them) villages. I’m not entirely sure whether to book a tour or just get the train up there and hope for the best. The latter plan seems to have worked thus far! Either way I -have- to get a guide as there is unexploded ordinance around in the North so it’s not a great plan to just wonder round on your own.
I think I might go and eat more cake now. I had the most amazing chocolate mousse earlier. Mmmmmm mousse!
i think you need to stop EATING. We won’t recognise you when you get back!! No point buying any clothes neither unless you get EXTRA LARGE. Just stick to buying disposable shoes. Your gonna need them the rate you are going!! No point talking about work i suppose. I know you are not really interested to hear how busy we are. Keep up the comments and who knows!! You might find the vital ingrediant on your travels in order to get that fitted dress made. Don’t get it to fitted though. Loads a luv. MM. Xx
Amazing – what’s with all the food? You sound as if you are having a great time. Have you met up with anyone to travel with? I’m going to let my son Dan know about your blog as he went to Vietnam not too long ago. Take care. Love Jxx
Thank you for the comments about not buying any clothes as they won’t fit! Seriously though I think that this might be the one part of my trip where I actually put on weight. I could do the wedding dress thing in reverse, i.e. buy a really big one so I can grow into it ;o)