{"id":1007,"date":"2017-07-08T18:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelwithanda.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2018-10-27T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T17:27:36","slug":"romantically-chaotic-hanoi-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelwithanda.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/romantically-chaotic-hanoi-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantically Chaotic Hanoi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, Hanoi, where do I start? \ud83d\ude42 First of all, I\u2019d like to say that if it weren\u2019t for my job, I would have probably never visited it. I am not even sure why but I am not much of a fan of Asian destinations. I do know Thailand has awesome beaches. Been there done that. But that\u2019s about it, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrong, of course. I know Asia has a lot to offer, I just couldn\u2019t seem to find the opportunity to go back. Until this April when I needed to visit Hanoi on business. It was a tough bargain but I managed to find a good distributor for our products<\/a> in Vietnam. And after one year of \u201conline relationship\u201d it was time for me to pack my bags and meet their team in person.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honestly, I was scared to shit out of this trip. I have never flown so far on my own (I always have someone to \u201chold my hand\u201d up there in the air) and I kept on postponing it for as long as I could. But a woman\u2019s gotta do what a woman\u2019s gotta do, so I booked a flight to Kuala Lumpur<\/a> (I also had some business to take care of there) and took a connecting flight to Hanoi. Che sera, sera \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The traffic \u201cwow\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Landing in Hanoi was a sight for sore eyes! The view of vast green areas, lakes, rivers and colorful settlements finally calmed me down after an extremely turbulent flight. I had a taxi driver waiting for me at Noi Bai airport<\/strong>, arranged online by the hotel. I read that taxi cheats in Hanoi are quite often and after the additional warning from the hotel staff I decided not to take the risk. I am glad I didn\u2019t because the taxi driver could barely speak English and I am not sure how I would argue with him if he wanted to pull some scam on me.<\/p>\n

The minute I sat in the car I knew this trip would be very different from what I had been used to. Traffic jams, scooters with three or sometimes even four people \u201con board\u201d, drivers horning and people jaywalking everywhere\u2026 well, let\u2019s just say you need to take a deep breath and realize you are in Vietnam \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n