Not much new going on over here.  Megan and I have been wandering around Hanoi this last week looking at some small pagodas and temples.  Most of our time has been relaxing at coffee shops and people watching.  This is all probably a good thing since most of our tours have put us a bit over on our expenses so we have been able to cut back a bit this week to make up for it.  There are some street stalls that we found where you can get a beer for a little under a quarter a pop and we have been able to scout out some small places that have excellent food for less than a dollar.  There is one family that makes an amazing beef noodle soup, but they yell at you if you eat it wrong.  “No Soup for you!” 🙂  The beef soup doesn’t have much liquid in it, but they give you another side soup to dip some bread in.  I like to pour a little bit of the soup into the beef soup bowl, but one the guys yells “no” at me.  I really think it makes him mad. Yesterday we went to a super market so we could find a better array of products.  That was an adventure as we finally rode on a motorbike and took a taxi.  There was a rather long bridge we had to cross but you cant walk across it.  The motorbike was a bit nerve racking because three people on a small bike hauling through heavy traffic is not too much fun.  It was a bit funny because up until this point we have continually had people coming up to us offering to drive us somewhere, but when we needed to cross this bridge we had to hunt people down.  Today Megan and I are loading up on snacks for our 20+ hour bus ride tomorrow to Vientiane, Laos so wish us luck!

(yummy sandwiches!!!)