I think I said hello to half the children in Hanoi today. I went to the language school to get on with some work as I have too many distractions at the hotel. On a weekend there are a lot of small beings around having thier weekend lessons so there was a different atmosphere to the week. Usually the students are teenagers or uni students with a few older students. Apparently the kiddies are bust at school all day during the week with no time for things likie private English lessons. They also go to school on a Saturday as every so often I could hear the drums signalling the end of the lesson from the school next door.

The small people seem really eager to talk as whenever I ventured out of our work room if I ever encountered any of them they would say hello to me and try and ask me random questions. I also made the mistake of trying to go down to the resource centre and had to work against the tide of children headin upstairs to their lessons. I think most of them shouted hello at me.

Also on the way home thee were loads of kids out in the streets and a lot of them would call out hello as I passed. Most days one or two people will say hello to me as I pass - usually children or security guards who see me pass each day on my way back in the evenings but today there were loads of kids eager to say hello to me!