Arrived in Hanoi from Ninh Binh for our volunteer placement assisting as English teachers. Not off to a good start when we got into our taxi with British couple and soon realised meter was going at twice the normal rate.
The accommodation was grotty - our bedroom was a mattress on the floor and shared bathroom also was used communal laundry. Early morings are hard enough without people's undies spread out across the towel racks! It was like a very bad shared house without the fun.
Our nearest place for "time out" was the bia hoi (beer hall down the road). Decoration consisted of a stuffed deer in the corner and on tap meant a man sucking on a tube to get the draught beer flowing.
Last straw was when the dodgy manager knocked on our bed room on the second night with contracts for a different position that what we'd applied for - more hours and more responsiblity and asking for passports. Next morning we made like Bonnie and Clyde and left.
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