We’ve changed hotels to the Paradise Hotel ( www.hanoiparadisehotel.com ), mostly because this one has a pool which we’re figuring will be good for cooling afternoons dips when the kids have had enough sightseeing. They come to collect us from the train station at 5am and we' drop off our bags. They’re kindly letting us check in at 8.30am so we hop onto some motorbikes and head off to the lake to watch the early morning exercise rituals performed by the local residents. I’ve been to some dodgy aerobics classes in my time, but this takes some beating. Groups of pensioners stand together, all swinging the left arm 8 times, then the right, then rubbing their cheeks, hitting their forearms….pairs of woman stand around the edge of the lake looking like they’re practising for the Bottom Wiggling Olympics, men warming up their knuckles looking like they’re about to go a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson. It’s exhausting just to watch so, after breakfast, we head back to the hotel hoping we might be able to get into our room early. No such luck, but they do let us use the pool. Small and in a windowless room, Will and I can’t be tempted but it’s the perfect remedy for two hot, tired kiddies and they gleefully hop in. Don’tchya just love it when a plan comes together?
The room is great. Huge, with a separate sitting area, fresh fruit and flowers, a welcome bottle of red wine Not at all bad. From Danang, for you wino's) and best of all, if has double glazing so the traffic noise is, finally, not an issue. Some r&r is in order before our trip to Halong Bay tomorrow. Early start, again.
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