MissTtravels

Day 15

Basically a day of shopping.

After an early-ish breakfast to say goodbye to most of our travelling companions, we used a Grab car to get into town. Vesna, our friend from the tour group, came with us.

Ruth had made an appointment to get a tattoo done, so we delivered her to the place so she could get started.

Vesna and I headed off down Clothing St and shopped for a few hours before going back to see how Ruth was going. Hanoi is just one shop after another, some organised with like shops in the same street, but basically everything mixed up together. You are never sure what is fake or real, but at these prices it doesn’t really matter. There are wonderful fabrics and ceramics.

When we arrived back at the tattoo place, Ruth was already finished. She was really happy with the result.

Somehow, Vesna got talked into having her first tattoo. It’s a tiny lotus and did not take long to do.

We had bang mi for lunch, in a quaint little street. Chatted to some American ladies , who shared some scary stuff about what it is like to live in the US right now.

About 4pm we came back to the hotel to sleep, as we were still tired from our police-stations-of-Hanoi tour of the night before.

Later we went back to the Lan Ong restaurant and had our last Hanoi dinner. Really pleasant. We shlepped around the Old Quarter for a while before grabbing a Grab. It costs less than $2 for these cars.

Hanoi is quite pretty at night, with lots of lights and lanterns. Still chaotic though.

We will not be leaving until late tomorrow, so there should be a bit more shopping time.

Didn’t take many photos today.