They say we’re living in the golden age of Hanoi and I think they’re right. To one side of me are tons of new buildings in progress, coming down and going up. This means that a large percentage of my morning soundtrack is of drills vibrating through my bedroom walls and into my brain. You can see the city developing at a quick pace and I know that in 10 years time Hanoi will be very different. However, on the other side of me is the culture of street sellers, bartering, mental motorbikes, hot weather, ice tea, bia hois, and the ever expanding secret corners of amazing little food stalls and tucked away bars. I love the variation this place offers me. I still have a lot to learn from living here.
I had a pretty rough week last week. I had a series of horrible symptoms and got pretty ill, which meant I had to go to the doctors and spend $80 on a check up and some pills. They fixed me and I feel a whole lot better, so I’m not complaining, but at the time all I wanted was the NHS! I decided that when my job contract finishes in August I’d go back to the UK and work for a couple of months to be able to afford a flight to Bangkok and then work there. However, I’m feeling much better now and if anything I am more in love with Hanoi than I have ever been. I’m waiting to hear back on a couple of jobs but I’ve been guaranteed one that will keep me here til next summer...so I’m at least staying until then.
The heat is crazily hot here at the moment. According to Google, today is the official start to summer. If I were back in the UK I’d be grinning like a monkey, prancing about in excitement at all the festivals I’d be going to in the following few months. No festivals here though, but that’s OK because there is so much more for me to do! As for the heat, I’m not looking forward to riding my motorbike whilst sweat drips down my face and off my eyebrows. I kid you not...this is happening already. I might start riding naked. Start a naturalistic revolution!
So I’m going to be sticking around here for a while. Come and visit. Send me things. Skype me. I’m across the oceans but I’m still thinking of you. Nuff love.
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