{"id":5327,"date":"2024-11-24T16:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2024-11-24T20:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T20:44:13","slug":"last-day-in-hanoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=5327","title":{"rendered":"Last day in Hanoi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today was mostly packing up & forward planning. I’m operating in the hope that the completely bonkers way that tour & travel booking seems to work here is actually going to happen as planned, and I’ve added some extra bits, booked myself, to finish out the Vietnam portion of the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brunch at the usual place. The Sunday crew here do things a little different to the weekday one, so there was hot sauce in the breakfast Banh Mi <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Trying to capture the architecture <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Had a nicely lazy start to the day, chatting with a couple of friends online & reading, but eventually got up, got a breakfast, and attacked the list of things for the day. I did go for a walk, but … The sky was overcast & the traffic fumes felt worse today, so it wasn’t a long one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My original plan for Vietnam was to exit via Ho Chi Minh City, but that’s a lot of travel, and I’ve kinda lost interest in the idea. Instead, I’m prioritising places that have been recommended in the north & middle of the country; Cat Ba Island, Ninh Binh, & Hoi An.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a link to my Alleged Travel Itinerary Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t mind coming back to Vietnam, but probably not as a solo trip, and not ‘winging it’. I’ve learned that it’s just too chaotic, and too much<\/strong>, when I’m by myself. Or at least Hanoi is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve got my flights booked out of Vietnam, flying from Da Nang & skipping the south entirely, going straight to Siem Reap in Cambodia. I have accommodation booked in Siem Reap, because they wanted an address for the visa, but when filling in the visa application on attempt #2, saw that they also wanted my exit ticket, so there’s going to be an attempt #3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided that it was later than I wanted to be doing things, and I had packing to do. Plus, missing two different things on the form doesn’t suggest that my concentration is where I’d like it to be, so that’s a good time to stop.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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