Round One In Vietnam- Hanoi!

Hello!
I have arrived in the Vietnam after a very long flight,I had to change flights at Saigon which meant by the time I got to Hanoi it was quite dark.
I was taken by bus by the escort from the Hotel which proved to be quite an adventure mostly due to all the motorbikes on the road which also not having helmets seemed to have no inhibition whatsoever. Well it was interesting watching them all stare down the gun barrel till I found out I had to ride one! It was quite fun and exhilierating without a helmet, and giving it some serious thought I doubt a helmet would help me much if colided with a bus, a truck and 20 other bikers anyway.
My room was thankfully very clean and the staff very friendly. The bed was a bit hard but still I managed to sleep and I was past caring really, I had arrived...alive!!
I was given breakfast for free in the morning and informed I have free internet use whever which is pretty handy! Though there are lots of internet cafes around here anyway!
In the morning I decided to have a walk and around and "discover" the place.
Its not the cleanest place I have ever been and it sure is noisy and everyone likes to honk everyone else and every five minutes someone wanted to make me their biker babe! Everyone sits on the side of the streets on little chairs and eats and there are also quite a few clothes, jewellry and sport shops but probably all stuff to just take up room.
I managed to find the Ho Chi Minh Masouleum which was unfortunely closed (actaully I was happy just to get there) so I continued on my way to the Temple of Literature which was the first University in Vietnam, it looked nothing like any Uni I have ever seen and it seemed they (men) all used to study outdoors, its now a shrine to the founders and teachers and is very fun it your feeling snap happy. I decided to try the Art Muesum (it was just up the road and i figured i couldn't get lost finding it...I did) which featured 2000 paintings and sculptures and artifacts, the themes were largely the war, young women and vietnamese life which was all well and good but it was mostly different interpretations of the same thing. I'm not an art buff so maye I missed something but it was good to go and see.
Tomorrow I am going to Halong Bay to spend one night on board a boat - I am looking forward to it especailly getting away from the noise and seeing some of the landscape rather than so much of the grimy city
xoxox

Emily