Raindrops keep falling on our heads.

So we reached Vietnam. We left our friends in beautiful Yangshou and accompanied a German across the border. Crossing was relatively painfree and although we do not enjoy buses as much as trains at least we get a more detailed view of the country you are wizzing by.

Vietnam is definately not China (no shit huh?). Everyone actually does wear the cone shaped hats and cars are replaced by motorcycles. It's more layed back as well since people aren't as militaristic about their work and such. The weather is warmer and stickier . We also found bubble tea in Nam! Oh the bliss!

We stayed at Hanoi backpackers Hostel which at first an almost frighteningly large place. But we soon made friends and blew off the hostels rip-off deal of a tour to Halong Bay and went with the dodgy-ass tour agent down the street for half the price. Halong Bay is like Yangshou but in water and since I've already bored you with drawn out descriptions of how I enjoy poscard-esc view I'll refrain this once. We rode around the island in what they called a "junk", which can best be described as something like the wooden rivercruisers that they use in swampy places like New Orleans or the Disney movie "Bernhard and Bianca". Foods included (yummy fresh squid!) and you stop ever so often to inspect a cave, visit a fishfarm or simply to give us enough time to jump off the roof of the 3 storey tall boat and into clear and warm ocean. The weather was warm and amazing.

But only for so long.

Two nights later we're back in Hanoi and there is literally a thunderstorm over our heads. I've never seen such thick heavy rain go on for such an extent of time! you couldn't step out the front door without being drenched. It was so humid that the clothes that I wet after swimming in Halong Bay didn't dry even after 4 days of hanging on the end of my dorm bed. They are lovely and moldy now, thanks for asking. Yet we could not leave Hanoi! The rail tracks were floded and the constantly sulky weather made us so down that we couldn't be bother to move or motivate us to do anything. So we watched dvds. Lots and lots of dvds. It was just what we needed cause after reaching half-way through our trip it was so nice just to chill out and sort out or impressions and just do nothing. Be bored for once! Boredom is awesome.

We're no in Hoi An, sort of the middle of the coast of Vietnam and we're heading on a 20 hour busride to Vientiane tomorrow. But such adventures will be told at another time. However, there is a spoiler .... IT DOESN'T RAIN ALL THE TIME IN HOI AN!!!!!! HALLELUJAH!