• Hanoi
    'Round the world 2012,  Travels

    Travel agency hunting

    Jamie got in on Saturday and we grab a late dinner together, along with Tomas, a British actor I first met at the Farm Stay who happens to be staying in the same dorm as me in Hanoi, and Sonica, another Londoner.  She’s taking a career break, travelling for a while.  Jamie, a friend from university, is joining me for a week in Vietnam.  First night in Hanoi and it’s raining and pretty disgusting, but early impressions are that the city is more charming and definitely more green than Saigon.  Sunday morning, we do some “homework”, shopping around the Old Quarter for a couple of reputable travel agencies to book…