Digital Wanderer

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Vietnam — 20, the way back through Warsaw

On the flight back, we also had a whole day in Warsaw. Unfortunately, I didn't get enough sleep on the plane (unlike the flight there), and I hadn't planned in advance what I would do there, but it didn't turn out too bad.

We arrived at around 6 in the morning. We hung around Chopin Airport for a bit, which is bad because it's almost impossible to find power outlets there - I saw three in the whole airport, and they're far from the seats. I plugged my iPhone charger into one of them - a security guard came up and asked if it was my device. Upon getting a positive answer, he said that everything was fine. Respect — he didn't stir up any prohibitive bureaucracy for no reason, but he did his job.

While riding the bus, we got to talking a bit with a Belarusian girl who lives in Warsaw with her husband. She kind of talked to us rather reluctantly (maybe it just seemed that way to me after the endless Vietnamese friendliness), but she tipped us off that we needed to get off at the "center" stop, which is not far from the old town. Near this stop, there is an excellent shopping mall with a large selection of eateries (which was relevant for us). The soup at the eatery was excellent, and everyone liked it very much, unlike the cafeteria from last time.

A fragment of a futuristic wave-like canopy made of triangular glass panels against the backdrop of a modern multi-story building.
Looks wonderful, I could just admire it endlessly
Interior view of a modern atrium with a huge glass facade made of triangular panels, through which reflections of buildings are visible. In the foreground — a dark floor with geometric shadows from the structure, railings, plants, and a multi-level fountain.
From the inside it's not as cool, but not bad either

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Vietnam — 19, the last day and departure

My story is coming to an end. The memory card was full, so towards the end I was shooting less and less. On our last day, Thuy drove us to a swanky mall so we could stock up on exotic grub at the supermarket there.

A bright orange lamp on an industrial ceiling casts a red glow on the surrounding thick red pipes and battered metal structures. 

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Vietnam — 17, morning in Halong and return to Hanoi

As I wrote in the last post, for some reasons we decided not to stay in Halong for the carnival night, but to head back to Hanoi. At the hotel they booked us (not for free) a bus ticket, which, by tradition, stopped right outside the hotel.

And while we were waiting for it, we took another walk around Halong. I didn't write about its souvenir market, which operates in the evening as well under the light of lamps (that occasionally go out), and therefore is called "Night market". Well then, fixing the mistake. There's a lot of everything there: shitty t-shirts, chopsticks, junk  figurines, lousy identical magnets (finally!), and all the vendors jack up the prices like crazy.

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