We left on the 3rd of October China by bus. As
soon as we walked over the border we felt the change and were happy to
experience a new country. And yes, we had to walk over the border, get out of
the bus, walk over the border, and get in another bus.
In our new, not that fancy, Vietnamese bus we could watch
the beautiful scenery of Vietnam, people working on rice fields, water buffalo
standing on the side of the street and the different architecture of Vietnamese
houses.
The bus driver kicked us out in the middle of Hanoi. Traffic
in Hanoi is crazy, 10 mio scooters, 5 mio cars, a few mio bikes; tons of smog
and all of them are selfish. We survived getting to our hostel, where we found
out that we booked the wrong date, shit. Unfortunately they were also fully
booked for that night. So they brought us to a different hotel. Holy shit, it
was the worst of the worst …. Molt really everywhere, sealing is coming down
and bathroom was so dirty. We were asking around in Hotel/Hostels if they have
a room for us but we were really unlucky and couldn’t find anything. Then next
day we checked immediately out and got a room somewhere else.
Hanoi is so different then all the cities we have been to so
far. It’s so crowded (Yes Chinese cities are crowded too, but not like this),
so many tourists, everyone is trying to rip you off, the architecture is so
different and so beautiful, food and night life are fantastic.
On the second day in Hanoi we tried to buy a motorbike for
our journey through Vietnam. We talked to a few local garages and to private
persons who want to sell their motorbike. We choose for some English guys who
opened their Motorcycle business 2 years ago. We fell in love with a bike and
bought it, a Forelli. ( it’s a fake Honda win). We paid deposit and would pick
it up 2 Days later.
After 2 days we came there with packed bags and ready to go
on the road. BUT the Forelli was gone, they guy who sold it to us was also
gone…. They mate of the guy who sold us the bike was really embarrassed and
tried to help us as good as possible. We made a compromise and choose for another
fake Honda Win. It is a bike that’s not sure yet if it is motocross or a normal
motorbike or a scooter…. It looks funny, but it will do the job, we are sure
about that J
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