Translation of directive in German

When we got there we saw that the line was incredibly long and that we did not want to wait. Our friends from Holland were standing in the line, but we thought that we just try and ask the doorman.
On the first day in Hanoi, we wanted to explore the town. It was the former capital of the North and today it is the capital of the entire country. There are tons of monuments and governmental buildings.
The same afternoon (October 4) we took a flight to Arequipa, spearing a bus ride of 12 hours. Due to heavy winds we had a delay of 2 hours. We took off at around 4.30pm.