Hanoi

Ankommet til Hanoi efter mellemlanding i Moskva. Har aldrig set noget lignende. Det er som at vaere 40 aar tilbage i tiden. Hver anden bygning er naermest en ruin og der er en sindsyg trafik - meget vaerre end i Kina. Her koerer knallerterne (og dem er der mindst en million af) ind imellem bilerne. De dytter hele tiden - baade biler og knallerter - og paa knallerterne sidder de op til 3 mennesker somme tider med et lille barn. Det bliver svaert at kommunikere men jeg har lavet mig en lille parloer. Hotellet er meget overraskende sammenlignet med det omkring vaerende. Jeg har internet paa vaerelset og spa bad paa egen etage :-) Det er sgu da luksus i et fattigt land. Jeg tror dog ikke, at jeg kan overfoere billeder herfra. Der er kun en usb-port og den gaar til musen. Jeg har ogsaa opdaget, at der er spaering af visse sider bl.a. facebook, men det overrasker jo ikke.

Moedte de andre i gruppen, som jeg skal vaere sammen med. Vi bliver ialt 12 med guiden Lap (som Laptop som han selv sagde). Lap har boet i England i 3 aar og har gaaet paa Oxford, hvilket goer, at han forstaar den vestlige kultur. Gruppen bestaar desuden af 4 fra Australien, 3 fra USA, 2 fra England og saa 2 danskere Jesper og jeg. Vi havde alle tiders aften og synes at gaa godt i spaend.

Arrived to Hanoi after transit through Moskow. I have never seen anything like this. It is like being 40 years back in time. Every other building is a ruin and the trafic is crazy - worse than in China. There are a million mopeds and they are driving everywhere among the cars on the road, they also carry up till 3 passengers and sometimes even babies. It will be difficult to communicate but I have made myself a little dictionary. The hotel is a big surprise when you compare the surroundings. I have internet in my room and a spa bath on my own floor. That is bloody luxury in a poor country. I do not believe that I can transfer pictures from here. There is only on usb entry and it is occupied by the mouse. I have also discovered that some web pages are blocked among others facebook, but that is no big surprise.

Meet the other people in the group, which I shall travel together with. We are 12 altogether including the guide Lap (Laptop as he introduced himself). Lap has been living in England for 3 years studing at Oxford and therefore understands the vestern culture. The group consists of 4 people from Australia, 3 from America, 2 from England and 2 from Denmark Jesper and I. We had a great evening and seem to get along very well.