Welcome to the neighbourhood!

Hola amigos...my temp name is Mr. Bia...ya, like beer if yer British!

...I expect you know it's been a long time without me being really pissed...well, I got news fer you...I'm still not pissed...but I'm working on it!  Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!  See Uncle Ho on my shirt...me and old Ho are good buddy's now.  I can hear it now...he's buddies with an old Ho...haha...lame.  So, we got the boot from our nice hotel because we hadn't planned so well, and ended up in a slightly different part of town...kind of the Rodeo Drive of Hanoi!  Very upscale...but I didn't take any pictures of that shit...I like the other stuff...like this guy...

...and this..."the conversation"...

...a flower delivery...

...they like bright, shiny things here...and lots of it!...

...if you get hungry, how 'bout a heaping plate of grubs!...

...oh yummmmmmmmmmmm!!!!...a few chili's, some antibiotics, barf bag...yer set to go (to the can!)...in this neighbourhood, you can REALLY see the French influence...

...and we found this great car sitting outside our hotel...

...Hanoi is a GREAT place to buy yer Xmas lights...

...very convenient commute to downtown Hanoi via the rail...

...the railway is about 1 block from the big Cathedral...Mr. Corona might crash the Xmas mass...HAAAALLL-E-LUUUU-YAAAAA!  Now I'm rollin'...

...this great street vendor was right outside the church thing...

...and it wouldn't be fitting post without a Hanoi beauty!

...later amigos!