You are standing at a junction in Hanoi, any junction trying to fugure out if you are going right or left trough the endless, colorful, loud and fast wall of traffic coming from all directions while you are trying to be at least a little polite in your rejection to the dozens of Cyclo and moto drivers honking, yelling and doing whatever possible to get your attention, you suddenly realize that a little boy has knelt in front of you and started shining your shoes in his attempt to make a coupple of thousand vietnamese dong.
Hanoi is a crazy city.

When you walk in Hanoi you have to share the streets with the millions of vehicles because the sidewalks are filled up with motos, shops, platns, sellers, trash, hairdressers and shoeshiners.
In the morning Lots of women come from their homes with the traditional wooden yoke across their shoulders. Balanced on one side is a pot of steaming soup. On the other is a pail filled with bowls, spoons, a little coal burner, small plastic chairs and a folding table. They pick their spot for the day, set up their supplies and voila they’re in business.

Hanoi is built in a facinating way.. if i remember correct, when they bought land here to build a house they payed per meter of sidewalk that they occupied. Which has had given the city an interesting result. Many of the houses have only a 2 metre facade but they actually strech 15-30 metres in towards the centre of the block..
Perfect if you want to find hidden treassures in the long deep narrow streets and alleyways.

Yesterday morning i decided to do the planned 400km in two days, in ONE day.
I had heard so many good things about Hoi An so i just couldn`t wait.
400km trough the most breathtaking redicioulusly beautiful scenery of Coffee plantations, pepper plantations and the most dense green jungle i have ever seen.
Passing trough the small minority villages (village people:p) stopping and looking around their tiny huts seeing again and again people living the simple life smile all the time.
After about 100-150km i got into the thick fog at about 800-1000meters aobove sealevel. and then of course, the rain came.. and it kept on comming for the next 200km!
The scenery was not any less beautiful because of the rain but i sadly did not take the time to take enough pictures. But i did take some, see below.
I had to get to Hoi An before dark.
When i arrived in Hoi An around 6 o`clock after 9 hours driving i was soaked and somwhere up in the mountains, freezing my ass of i decided that when i get to Hoi An i`ll check in to a nice hotel and relax.

I did check in to a nice hotel, but you know me.. did i relax?
Noep. I needed somthing to eat.. and what do you need when you eat.. yes, Beer!
And what do you want when you have had one beer?.. yes.. you guessed it..

Sunrise at the beach in Mui Nè

I found this abandoned place in Mui Nè,
I think it`s suposed to be a hotel of some kind. I took this picture from the entrance steps facing towards the road passing by.
The round patio thingy on the water there makes me think of scarface, it looks like somthing he would have in his mansion.
And who the hell knows what the whatchtower is for?!?

My View When Driving.

Of course, the fruit ladies seen from my balcony in Saigon.

Liquid water, sinking boat.