Hanoi – Vietnam

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Hanoi Streets
Hanoi Streets

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After 3 weeks of rushing around Cambodia and Vietnam  it was to be the final stop in Vietnam for 3 days. On arrival the intensity of the city hits you instantly, traffic going in every direction at all time, seemingly in complete chaos at first glance, and of course, thousands of motorbikes everywhere.

After a few days the chaos became fun and interesting, to cross the road you just slowly but purposely walk out and the traffic is [generally] happy to dodge you!

Bird cages and fans

Our first lunch was spent in a tiny little restaurant with some really fun rooftop decorations in the shape of old bird cages and lanterns.

Iced coffee
Iced coffee with notes from other travellers below
It never got old seeing what the local Vietnamese people could strap to their motorbikes!
It never got old seeing what the local Vietnamese people could strap to their motorbikes!

 

Street food
Street food

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The insanely complex and twisted lines sum up Hanoi pretty well for me
The insanely complex and twisted lines sum up Hanoi pretty well for me
A pig carcass being hauled from a moped
A pig carcass being hauled from a moped
Pig carcass dripping
Pig carcass dripping
Huc Bridge over Hoan Kiem Lake to Ngoc Son Temple
Huc Bridge over Hoan Kiem Lake to Ngoc Son Temple
Student draws at Hoan Kiem lake side
Student draws at Hoan Kiem lake side
Over hanging tree, Hoan Kiem lake
Over hanging tree, Hoan Kiem lake

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Train tracks run straight through the middle of the city
Train tracks run straight through the middle of the city

H?a Lò Prison

 

H?a Lò Prison

 

Guillotine at H?a Lò Prison

 

Wall outside H?a Lò Prison

The complex structure of this tree caught my eye in the Temple of Literature Gardens
The complex structure of this tree caught my eye in the Temple of Literature Gardens

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Railway crossing
Railway crossing
View from rooftop bar onto Huc Bridge over Hoan Kiem Lake to Ngoc Son Temple
View from rooftop bar onto Huc Bridge over Hoan Kiem Lake to Ngoc Son Temple