Zara vs. The World: Checking out Hanoi

We had a very busy day in Hanoi today. It's a lot colder than I was expecting so I've had to pull out some of my winter clothes I had packed away for my arrival in England. It's also very misty, when we were entering Hanoi city and going over the bridge you could not even see the water it was that bad. Our guide said that it is like that here for 4 months a year which would be pretty hard to live with. They also have to live with no traffic lights (or hardly any) so I definitely won't be driving around here. Ha!

Today we went to see Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum and that is where his body is embalmed. Thankfully we couldn't actually go in and see it but we got to see the monument and it was pretty impressive. We then had a look around the presendential housing and gardens and got to see Ho Chi Minh's home on stilts. After that we went to the Temple of Literature. The best part of that was Matt getting chased down by a lot of Vietnamese teenage girls haha they don't see kids like him often. Mum had to play agent and get them away from him and try stop them taking pictures with him. I caught it on camera, very funny stuff. Then we went to a water puppet show. Very interesting and a bit odd. Dad and I just got back from a night market that is about a 5 minute walk away from our hotel. We had to cross two small roads to get there and let me tell you crossing roads in Hanoi is not an easy job!!!