With visa applications completed and in hand, we departed Chiang Mai on an early morning flight January 8, bound for Hanoi, Vietnam with a layover in Bangkok for a couple of hours. The flights were the EASY part of the trip!
Vietnam is becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination theses days. The Hanoi airport facilities are not equipped to handle the flood of tourists however. Three other flights arrived simultaneously, which produced a sea of humanity, all trying to maneuver through Customs and then claim their belongings from a lone baggage claim area. It was a tedious and daunting experience which took about two hours.
Ah, but there's MORE! The "fun" was just beginning! The ride from the Hanoi airport to out hotel took as long as the flight from Bangkok to Hanoi! Chaos reign, everyone travels on the highways and byways around the sprawling city. The main mode of transportation for the general population is the motorbike. The chaos is overwhelming on the roads! No one seems to slow for oncoming or cross traffic; horns blare and somehow the chaotic flow of motorbikes allows people to move around with a crazy efficiency.
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