We're in Hanoi now and I think I like it more than Bangkok because it's a lot cooler and we can walk around way more, even though mum stresses out with crossing the roads with all these motorbikes swerving round you and everyone seeming to toot for the hell of it. The first night here we all went wandering around and it's real cool cos they've got like a whole street dedicated to a particular thing, for example silk street and paint street; plus other little dinky shops selling all sorts of interesting things.
Because of the French influence here in the past, they have a lot of bakeries and restaurants even a supermarket! So its been good for a change from rice, cabbage and mushroom which we had in the north of Thailand. Sad to say i miss Thailand but on with the adventure! It's not as organised here, but we all have faith that things will happen, they always do. Trekking in Nepal has been a bit hummm de haaaa for a while, but it's all gonna happen now, 21 days and, no, the two porters with us are not going to carry my pack for me, cos it won't feel like such a big accomplishment otherwise.
Last week, the 1st, 2nd and morning of the 3rd we were in Ayutthaya, the old city, and we went around these old as ruins and recorded the sunset over them, which was incredibly beautiful. On our last night there Ali and I were invited to stay the night with these 2 Thai girls (16 and 17) and that was cool; they spoke pretty good English. They both want to be doctors or dentists, cos it's a good paying job and they work real hard in school, much harder than i did i think, and in the holidays they pretty much do nothing but study!
Another interesting moment was on the 21st, when we travelled by boat up the Mekong and met the old fisherman. We were in the middle of interviewing him when suddenly he leapt up and raced down the bank. I was filming and dad told me: "quick something's happening here, lets film it!" so we raced down the bank after him, jumped in the boat and he paddled out to where the fish was on the line. we almost tipped the boat over when dad told me to try lean over and get a better view of him. but when we got out of the boat again dad was real excited about capturing some action on film and poor old me all i could think about was the bit of mud that had got on my trousers! hopefully we use it for the end doco cos it was such a cool, spontaneous moment and i'm glad we got tape of it.
Because of the French influence here in the past, they have a lot of bakeries and restaurants even a supermarket! So its been good for a change from rice, cabbage and mushroom which we had in the north of Thailand. Sad to say i miss Thailand but on with the adventure! It's not as organised here, but we all have faith that things will happen, they always do. Trekking in Nepal has been a bit hummm de haaaa for a while, but it's all gonna happen now, 21 days and, no, the two porters with us are not going to carry my pack for me, cos it won't feel like such a big accomplishment otherwise.
Last week, the 1st, 2nd and morning of the 3rd we were in Ayutthaya, the old city, and we went around these old as ruins and recorded the sunset over them, which was incredibly beautiful. On our last night there Ali and I were invited to stay the night with these 2 Thai girls (16 and 17) and that was cool; they spoke pretty good English. They both want to be doctors or dentists, cos it's a good paying job and they work real hard in school, much harder than i did i think, and in the holidays they pretty much do nothing but study!
Another interesting moment was on the 21st, when we travelled by boat up the Mekong and met the old fisherman. We were in the middle of interviewing him when suddenly he leapt up and raced down the bank. I was filming and dad told me: "quick something's happening here, lets film it!" so we raced down the bank after him, jumped in the boat and he paddled out to where the fish was on the line. we almost tipped the boat over when dad told me to try lean over and get a better view of him. but when we got out of the boat again dad was real excited about capturing some action on film and poor old me all i could think about was the bit of mud that had got on my trousers! hopefully we use it for the end doco cos it was such a cool, spontaneous moment and i'm glad we got tape of it.
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