Weather forecast for today: Partly sunny, hot and humid. Temperature 75f (24c) / 93f (34c)

Morning Tour – Walking tour of the Old Quarter & French Quarter;Ngoc Son Temple;and the Temple of Literature.

Disapointingly we did not get to go on the walking tour of the Old Quarter and French Quarter. Not sure why that is what had been agreed. Much to our suprise we were taken by car to the French built Roman Catholic Cathedral where we watched a very colourful and noisy Easter Sunday ceremony taking place but that was the only French building we got to see.

From there we travelled to the Temple of Literature – This was very busy with many different groups of students in their gowns having group and individual pictures taken. Scott proved a big hit with students wanting to have pictures taken with him. They could not get over how tall and well built he is!!The Temple buildings and grounds were very impressive with a history going back over a 1,000 years.

Ngoc Son a Temple was ok but what was most impressive was its location on an island in the middle of is in a beautiful location on an island in the centre of Hoan Kiem lake.

We finished the tour with a very nice lunch – unfortunately I forget to take a picture of the menu, but it was very enjoyable.

The weather started off overcast but very humid, but by the end of the tour the sun had come out and it was time for sun hats and sun cream.

Afternoon – spent resting at our Airbnb.

Evening – Food tour of Hanoi on the back of motorbikes. This was amazing. Riding through the anarchy and choas on Hanoi’s roads, with hundreds of motorbikes plus a few cars and buses going everywhere and every direction in an intricate band crazy dance, which by some miracle works.

The tour was really interesting showing many different side of Hanoi and the snacks and food for the most part very enjoyable. This tour was the highlight of our trip so far.