Another long bumpy journey brought us back us back to Hanoi. Although the road was bumpy it was all much more developed than the dirt roads of rural Laos a few weeks before.

 

we decided to do the ultimate tourist activity and take cyclos around the old town.  It is a much easier way of seeing the city and avoids the constant drama of crossing the road. Hanoi was full of brides and grooms posing for photos. Apparently it is the done thing here to have a photo shoot about a month before the wedding.

 

we followed up one touristy activity with another by walking by the lake and going to see the water puppets. We even managed the rather less touristy activity of visiting a Lego shop.

 

 

Water puppets are a tradition Vietnamese art form but 45 minutes was long enough.

 

Nigel took the girls out for the Earth hour concert that night. They really enjoyed it though it wasn’t their type of music. The streets were closed to traffic and full of people.