Hanoi Lucky Hostel, Hanoi, Vietnam

Yesterday night reached Hanoi, after 19 hours in 2 different buses, first from Phonsavan (Laos) to Vinh (Vietnam), then from Vinh to Hanoi. First impressions of Vietnam quite negative: food disgusting; music loud, boring, and unavoidable; people not keeping their promises (the bus to Hanoi dumped us 10km from the center even though we had agreed on the center before); hostels were all booked out, the few remaining ones very expensive by Asian standards; lots of drunken foreign teenagers. I'm sure today will be better.