We leave Halong Bay to go back to Hanoi. The drivers in this country are absolutely crazy!! They take over head on into traffic and try to overtake on blind corners. Spend the entire bus ride afraid to open my eyes!
We get into Hanoi and take a walk from the hotel to Hoan Kiem Lake. I walk around the Old Quarter, which is North of the Lake and walk around the markets. It is not as 'exciting' as Ho Chi Minh City market. I end up buying a Vietnamese Cone hat for 10,000 VDN.
In the evening I meet up with my group and we end up going to Little Hanoi restaurant in the Old quarter.
After we go for drinks at a jazz club for a few bevvies. We find it a little too expensive so end up going to a dingy rooftop terrace place for some cheap beers. Hanoi seems to shut quite early so at midnight we get kicked out, even though we had just bought a round of drinks. We take our unfinished drinks and take them with us.
Myself along with the Brit and Norwegian people decide we want to drink by the lake. On the way we get stopped by a guy on a motorbike asking if we want to buy some marijuana. The Norwegian girl says, "yes, how much". He informs us 100,000 VDN ($7). She counter offers. They continue to barter and then he relents at 50,000. It turns out she was just kidding and had no intention of buying any so we walk off. The driver keeps following us and will not leave us alone. In the end I say, $2. He says yes!!! I'm a bit shocked that he is willing to sell a large bag of pot for $2, but why not. We check the goods, then he takes it back and I give him the money. He slips the bag into the Norwegians bag and scarpers. We open the bag and guess what? It's tea leaves!!! Ha ha. He did a swap on us!! Quite possibly the funniest $2 I have ever spent!
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