We arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam exhausted after the 15 hours flight from San Francisco to Taipei and then, another 5 hours from Taipei to Hanoi. Sadly, when we checked in at the transfer counter, we were told that our flight to Laos was delayed for another 9 hours.
China Airlines offered these wonderful slippers for each passengers while onboard:
My dinner onboard on China Airlines. Because I was still feeling so crappy from being sick, I barely touched anything:
The pretty lunch menu offered by Vietnam Airlines. I’m surprised that a small section of the menu was even written in English:
My choice of lunch offered by Vietnam Airlines. Again, barely touched it:
This has the most interesting part of flying. Because the airport was so small, all passengers had to get off the plane into the ground…
and then, take a bus shuttle to get to the Hanoi Airport.
Waiting around in the Hanoi Airport and staring at this same view for 9 hours:
The airport did not offered much of anything. There weren’t many food courts around, but there were plenty of vendors who sold these water bottles for $1:
Aa Vietnamese sale clerk explained to me that there were currently 55 ethnic groups living in Vietnam and these dolls represented a small percentage of them:
This doll and her costume belongs to the Hmong-Vietnamese of Northern Vietnam:
Finally after 9 hours of boredom, we boarded the small aircraft for Laos:
Journey to Laos ( Nplog Teb) 