Just arrived in Hanoi

We've just arrived in Hanoi and just checked into our hotel. We were supposed to stay at the Golden Sun Hotel, as mentioned in my previous post, but when we arrived the owner of the place, Mrs Moon, welcomed us at our taxi to tell her that she was going to give us a room at another of her hotel, the Heart Hotel: "It is much better... Just for you... You will see...". Well I don't know if you agree but for me when a stranger says "just for you" it is never a good sign...
We've just arrived in our room and it is not so bad actually. It seems pretty clean and it has FREE INTERNET and cable TV! Wowowow! We were supposed to have a view but I don't see anything through the window... just a wall... Well for $30 with breakfast included, it is not a bad deal.

Oh by the way, have you heard that there has been an earthquake in northern Vietnam and Laos on Wednesday, with a magnitude of 6.1? Check out this article from BBC News. We've just heard about it today after arriving in Hanoi, as we didn't have access to the news in Laos. Well, we are sound and safe... and actually didn't hear / feel a thing (maybe we were too intoxicated with Beer Lao?)

Time for me to take a shower before heading to the streets of Hanoi for dinner... First, I will have to fight with Nick so he'll turn off the TV (he is like hypnotized right now)...