Entry No. 4 by Clare

So we went to visit the famous Peak & had a beer at the top, there were binoculars to see across the city, later that day we had arranged to meet a gent called Alasdair (brother of a friend) and we went to a lovely little Tapas Restaurant called 'Uno Mas' and it was delightful, he was so generous and treated us for the whole evening, after the delish food we went a few bars in the area which had live bands playing really good music. The Following day, Josh treated me to a day at Disney Land Hong Kong (Christmas Present & my first time) it was such a good day, the rides were really fun, definitely not just for kids and we saw a really good Lion king all singing all dancing show, fire eaters the lots. to finish the evening there were some fireworks and light displays. the whole park was Halloween themed and at night time was quite scary. The next day we went off to visit 'The Big Buddha' which was really lovely. we trekked up a mountain with amazing views and all the food was Veggie and so much selection, altogether a really nice day. We left Hong Kong the following morning, we caught a train to Guangzhou to get a flight to Hanoi, this took about 12 hours, the whole day. we arrived in Hanoi about 12am, our flight had been delayed apparently because of a local Typhoon. we got a Minibus from the airport and were just dropped off on a street in the centre of Hanoi, we had no idea where we were with no map or Hostel to stay. After walking around for a while, seeing a few rats & cockroaches i felt a little uncomfortable, luckily a nice Irish stranger stopped his Motorbike and helped us get a taxi that wouldn't rip us off to the famous old quarter, full of hostels. we found one which looked open and we took a room straight away, we isn't mind paying a little more as it was 1am and we just wanted a bed. The following day we explored the Lake & Temple nearby. In the evening we went off to the Market area, found a cool Jamaican Bar & a few others. We wanted to go to a waterpark the next day, it was hopeless trying to get there so we ended up going to a really nice pool connected to a posh hotel, it was really nice to relax and have a swim. in the evening we went to a really good veggie restaurant called something i can't remember, really good cheap food, Josh loved it. we found a few bars after and had some nice cheap beers with some other people who were staying in and around the area. Today, we have been to Hoa Lo, a prison from 1890's to 1993 and is now a museum. it mainly held political prisoners and also had American POW's. We also booked our trip to Sapa leaving Saturday evening for 5 days of trekking. now the time is 18.30 (GMT +7) and were going to head out into the market.