We arrived in Hanoi at 4.30am. At first, I was dreading this, but actually the city is very interesting and lively at this time. We had tea on the street while we waited for the city to warm up. It got light very suddenly and it was an amazimg site to watch women by a lake doing Tai Chi at 5am. I joined in with the Tai Chi a little, with the tour leader, which was quite relaxing, but I probably looked quite strange.
Men and women were charging around everywhere - power walking, jogging and playing badminton on the pavement! I never knew the Vietnamese were so health conscious. I guess doing exercise this early, everyone can get it out of the way before the long working day begins, and before the heat sets in.
Then we had some free time so Briony and I went to get our laundry done and managed to get lost. It turned out to be a good adventure and we saw more of Hanoi that way.
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