My last few weeks in Hanoi seemed to just fly by and before I knew it i was starting to pack up and arrange some leaving drinks. It was hard to say goodbye to the people who had made my time in Vietnam so enjoyable and shared so many good times with. We met up in Tadioto, one of our favourite little haunts very close to the Van Ho residence, for (what i thought would be) one last horrah. And so Friday was my last day at the VGBC, finishing up a few bits and pieces i had been working on.
Mathilde and I had planned to take the night train to Ho Chi Minh City or 'Saigon' (in the south of Vietnam) city with a stop off in Hue (central Vietnam) to break up the journey'. However, the threat of a potential typhoon approaching central Vietnam and working its way up to Hanoi made up postpone our trip, especially after the multiple national warnings put out to discourage people from taking non-essential travel.
Annoyed at the time that we would now miss seeing Hue and go straight to HCM, my (second) final night in Hanoi definitely made up for it. The night featured everything that Hanoi has to offer in terms of nigh time activity. The night started with drinks and Karaoke at our local place, moved on to Top Pub in the old quarter for 2-4-1 cocktails and dancing to commercial classics, continued via motorbikes to 'Phuc Tan' a club by the Red river which bangs out electro/dancy music till the early hours and also has a nice outside area overlooking the river. The stars were soon fading and we all enjoyed (well nearly all) the rising sun. At about 5am ish it was time to leave and head over to Tong Duy Tan aka 'food street' for a noodle breakfast. Feeling it was well past bedtime we hailed a taxi to take us back to our beloved Van Ho, where inevitably the locals were all bright eyed and busy tailed going about their morning chores and activities. All in all a great final night slash morning!
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