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Galavanting in Southeast Asia: Vietnam Part Two: "Street Food Touring Vietnamese-Style"

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Ro and Lotus As mentioned in our last blog ( Part One ) our bus broke down in a small town in Northern Vietnam.  We were  making the best of the experience by enjoying some lively Australian company at a local coffee shop, but beginning to stress because we had booked a food tour back in Hanoi and the time to drive back was going to be very tight. Finally our repaired van did come to pick us up.  We arrived back in Hanoi about 5 minutes past our agreed upon pick-up time, which was pretty good considering the circumstances.  We were super excited to try an international food tour a) because we own a food tour  ourselves in Seattle and b) because this one was on a moped--vroom, vroom! The manager of the Hanoi street food tour and two young women with helmets were outside our hotel when we arrived ready to whisk us away. We paid the manager for the tour and never had to worry about paying for any of the food we ate again all night (and you'll soon read about just how muc