Arriving in Hanoi is quite easy if you take a taxi. What if you don't want to take a taxi? Well things get a liiiiittle more complicated.
Step 1. Figure out if there is another way to get to the city. Of course there are no bus stop signs in English. Why would those tourists take a bus anyways :D
Step 2. Find the bus stop. A bus stop is where busses stop, not where the sign is. So just go for the place that has the most busses in the area
Step 3. Find da bus. A bit tricky but research prior to arrival definitely helps.
Step 4. Get on and go.
The ticket master is the person wearing a golden chain, a jump suit with some bus company name and holding a pile of cash in one hand and definitely looking like a baws.
The ride was long, but hey, I paid 0,3 USD instead of 18!