Hanoi Haircut

After a month of traveling, I desperately needed to take care of my hair. I was dreaming of a good color and cut so I got very excited when I saw a Tony&Guy brochure in the main tourist information office in Hanoi. The address was there and it turned out to be not far from our hotel so we embarked on a quest to find them. When we got to the address named in the brochure, it turned out to be a store with teen clothing. What a disappointment. However, a nice lady in the store told us that they had moved 10 days before to a new place and gave us their new address. So off we went again through the impossibly crowded streets of the old quarter. After a 20-minute walk we finally got there. The place was no longer named Tony&Guy, and it was in the process of being set up, but the manager said they’d take me. I felt a little unsure about the result, but I decided to go for it. The young girl who did the color told me she was trained in Singapore and it was immediately evident that she knew what she was doing. After the color was done, I got the most orgastic hair wash in the world --- about 20 minutes of head massage. Heaven. Then came the cut. The guy didn’t speak any English but with the help of the manager, I explained to him what I wanted. After two and a half hours and all of $36, my hair looked like new. Actually, it looked better than it does after my usual California treatment. They have my vote.