Hanoi - Adieu.

I spent four nights in Hanoi and it is one of those cities where one week would not be enough.

I did fall in love with the city and I was thinking I would love to have a little pied a terre there.

I think if you would went there, you would want one too.

How about this apartment in this late French colonial in the inner suburbs of Hanoi?

10 minute drive from the center of Hanoi.

Situated next to a great school.

And a great view of the reminder of the victory of the Vietnam War.

No, it is not scrap metal.

It is the remnants of a U.S. jet plane that crashed into the lake during the Vietnam War.

It's left there because it's a morale booster.

Anyone?

Hanoi - part one

Vietnam.

I wasn't even meant to be here.

It was as a last minute as you could get.

You need a visa to get in and I got the 24 hours express one.

You know that saying - Wanna make God laugh? Make plans.

It was worse being Mercury retrograde - 

none of my travel plans were going to the schedule.

My meeting with family got changed and one of my friends who was meant to join me had a family situation arise at the last minute.  

I was going to be traveling alone a lot longer than I thought.

The jet lag was hitting me a lot harder than normal so I decided to make the most of my proximity and went.

I did it through the very scientific method of 

eenie meenie minie mo and chose Hanoi.