We arrived back into Hanoi at 5am and headed back to our hostel to pick up our newly extended visas.Unfortunately it turns out the only place you can extend a category D visa in Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City - the opposite end of the country to Hanoi. It also turns out the consulate isn't open weekends, it takes at least 2days to process the extension and that you have to go in person!!
Given all of the above, the overwhelming assurance of "ohh, I think it should get extended" given by our hostel owner and the prospect of paying for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City just to be further denied a visa extension, we decided to change our travel plans.
So our revised itinerary was set as, go to Danang, then to Hoi An (for beaches and tailored clothing), then down to Nha Trang (for beaches and partying), back up to Hanoi, then off to Laos (before the 14th when our visas expire) and then eventually head off to Cambodia!
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