Hanoi

Flight from Langkawi to Hanoi 2,113,617 VDN (not included in total)

Transfer to hotel 317,100 VDN

Accommodation for 1 night 465,080 VDN

Drink at Helios 66,000 VDN

Lunch at Joma's Bakery 115,000 VDN

Second lunch at I Feel Up 170,000 VDN

Dinner at Minh Thuy's Family Restaurant 45,000 VDN

Entry to Vietnamese Women's Museum 30,000 VDN

Accommodation for 2 nights 930,000 VDN

Lunch at Joma's Bakery 120,000 VDN

Dinner at Joma's Bakery (I got lazy, okay?) 130,000 VDN 

Lunch at Gecko 135,000 VDN

Accommodation for 2 nights 320,000 VDN

Coffee at Joma's Bakery 65,000 VDN

Street food for lunch 105,000 VDN

Dinner at Pho 24 55,000 VDN

Assorted drinks on a night out 200,000 VDN

Lunch at the hostel 90,000 VDN

Drink at Joma's Bakery 60,000 VDN 

Drink at Helio's 66,000 VDN

Dinner at Mon Ngon 24 45,000 VDN

An additional 200,000 VDN on snacks

An additional 610,000 VDN on gifts

An additional 450,000 VDN on taxis

Approximately 4.2 million dong (£117) was spent over for five whole days and nights (albeit spilt up because of a trip to Sapa) coming out at around £23.40/day.

Hanoi was...different. A really busy place where I have to admit, I was a little scared to be by myself because of the roads. It's ironic it was so busy because it was such a fantastic place to just do nothing and watch others (which is mostly what I did).

Joma's Bakery (a small Asian coffee shop chain) was really nice - their Bagel Egger was on my plate more than once. But other than that, none of the meals were outstanding - though I did enjoy the street food when I had bun cha a lot, which surprised me. 

I stayed at Lucky II Hotel which was nice, if a little pricey for one person (the rooms sleep 3, so its cheap if there are 3 of you). Then I moved to The Original Hanoi Backpackers Hostel, which was a completely different scene despite being about 5 doors down the road. Free beer afternoons, rooftop parties, lots of cool people and obviously, hangovers. I loved it here, everyone was great and the hostel really made an effort to get everyone together. 

I'll be coming back to Hanoi because I didn't get to do most of the stuff I wanted to do because of tiredness/laziness/it being closed. For now, I'm off to Laos to finally be with Lorna!