Yes, I genuinely paid a prostitute in Hanoi. To get things started, I met a cute local girl from Badoo. We stopped at a Circle K for some beers and sat down next to the lake to drink them while still ice cold. There was a cafe near my apartment I walked by every day.
The architecture was old-school with tropical plants everywhere. When I walked inside, it turned out to be a restaurant with nothing to serve but food and beers β what a perfect find! I sat with the restaurant owner and enjoyed my drink.
In the back, there was a falcon sitting on a perch. The owner brought me to the back and gave me a glove to hold the falcon in my hand. By the time I finished my beers, it was around 11 pm, the perfect time to start exploring the nightlife in Hanoi. I quickly returned to my apartment to lock away my passport, wallet, and laptop. I told him to take me to Beer Corner and wished him better luck selling this service with his next ride. The ride was over in 11 minutes.
The pimps would walk by my side and put their phone in my face showing all the sexy and, hopefully not underage girls ready to pump and pull and do what you please. It was 2 am when all the bars closed. So, I decided to walk. I was just a block away from the Old District of Hanoi when a lady on a motorbike rode up beside me.
At this moment, I took a good look at the lady on the motorbike and she was certainly not young. She had her face covered with a mask and I could only see the dark, black pearls of her eyes.
