14 February 2016. Woke up today still worried about how to get to Hong Kong. Since I'm an airline employee I can fly standby on some international airlines. I had listed myself on Dragonair to HKG for tomorrow at 10:15AM (cost to me $18). But I've been tracking the paid seats on Kayak--they went from $330 to $1150 which tells me the plane is filling up. The last thing I want to do is to be in get-home mode, get the the airport, and have to go back to a hotel to try again the next day. So I checked for tonight's flights and Dragonair has one at 7:30PM for $280 so I pulled the trigger. What a relief. It still gives me most of today to do what I want to do this trip in Hanoi. I feel like if I come back to Vietnam it will just be to the northern part next time anyway. Hanoi is a must visit, and there's lots to see and do in the north.
I also reserved a room at the Hong Kong Regal Airport Hotel for $129. I had to lay over there a night anyway because the 3 United flights from HKG to the states leave in the mornings.
So off I went into the streets to check off the last thing on my list to do in Vietnam--visit and tour the Hoa Lo prison. On the way I finally succumbed to the street vendors and bought some souvenirs. Wood bead bracelets from this lady. I wish I got a picture with the old half blind man who sold me a small book with a bunch of old money inside it. I also got a wood box and bowl.
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