Finally In Hanoi

Almost 29 hours from drop off at STL to being checked into my hotel in Hanoi. The tailbone is still sore and I should go to sleep, but I am wired. It is just after 2 in the morning here and I only napped for a few hours during the journey so it is the perfect time to go to sleep, get a full nights and fight the jet lag. I can hit the ground running in the morning.

All of the info about driving, motorbikes and lack of obeying traffic signals was very evident on my ride from the airport. My driver hardly stayed in his lane and used the horn with vigor. Along the way, I saw lots of stuff to photograph. Lots of street food vendors out on the sidewalks and a great flower market. 

Sitting next to two Vietnamese gentleman on the plane from Seoul that wanted to help me was great, but what I mostly realized is that I am so glad I have a translator/guide for the entire trip, having bought, tried and failed the Rosetta Stone Vietnamese DVD.

I think I have figured a way to post images to this blog. I found out in Seoul that safari on iPad is not supportive of the posting of images, to this blog anyway. But here we go. This first image is just a travel snapshot anyway. It has my chariot in the background and notice the pared down camera bag and 40 liter backpack has everything for 3 1/2 weeks. Traveling light! Time to crash... More tomorrow.