We were up early and headed off to the Cambodian embassy to ge our visas. They cost 25 dollars and would be ready that afternoon so we headed for Uncle Ho's mausoleum. As we headed there we were hassled more than usual by a motorbike taxi guy, he kept telling us everything was shut and that he could take us to a museum that wasn't (it was right across the city). We carried on walking.

Another motorbike taxi gave us as much hassle. He wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Dave just walked off as I tried to get 'no' across, so I shrugged and followed Dave. I've got to be more forthright!

The Mausoleum was closed so that Uncle Ho could have his yearly touch up. So we headed to his museum instead. It was closed on Fridays (?!?). Instead we had some food and headed beck toward the Cambodian embassy.

Near the lake we had some beers and then went to pick up our passports, before back to the guesthouse. We booked an open bus ticket that allowed us to stop at several places down to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), and got a seat on the following days bus to Hue.

We went to a couple of bars located not too far away that were recommended in my guidebook. Dave took us down the wrong road, but we found the first, The Polite Bar, and it was rather 'pub' like. We entered an were immediately accosted by three girls in beer logo dresses. We ordered from the Tiger lady and when we'd supped up we headed for the second bar, Funky Monkey.

In Funky Monkey we met a lone bloke who we'd met earlier in the day. He was a Dane called Thomas and he had come up from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for a change. He told us about a nightclub closeby and so we set off.

The nightclub was packed with locals and was playing terrible western music. We got a drink and were ushered into a corner by the droves of workers there. We headed back to the main area nad spied some empty chairs, so we sat down. We were ejected from these by more workers and so we decided to leave. We went back to Funky Monkey and had a few more beers before heading home.