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Motorbikes have replaced bicycles as the primary transport of Vietnamese. Viewed: 320 times.
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Things look a bit chaotic outside the Hanoi train station. Viewed: 313 times.
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Street frontage is valuable, as you can tell from the new houses being built. Many have an ugly storefront below their elegant upper verandahs. Viewed: 289 times.
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Everybody wants a house like this; they are springing up in Hanoi's colourful suburbs too. Viewed: 284 times.
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A particularly nicely carved restaurant. Viewed: 261 times.
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Phalanxes of "cyclos" pedal tourists around, slower and safer than the motorcyclists who constantly offer you a ride. Viewed: 280 times.
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The tourist quarter is centred around a lake, surrounded by trees growing lightbulbs.
Last comment 07/31/07.Viewed: 283 times.
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Flowers for sale
Last comment 06/12/08.Viewed: 275 times.
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Paint for sale (in powder or liquid form) Viewed: 259 times.
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Purses by a Hong Kong designer for sale (hideous style, hideous prices) Viewed: 254 times.
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I went to the mall. Asians like Christmas decorations, regardless of their religious preferences. Viewed: 287 times.
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The Hoa Lo Prison, known in the American (Vietnam) war as the Hanoi Hilton. Viewed: 259 times.
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The French "imperialists" kept Vietnamese political prisoners in shackles. The prison museum showed numerous simple but effective forms of torture. Viewed: 294 times.
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Once the French were gone, the Vietnamese used the building to hold American prisoners of war. The exhibits made it clear that the American "imperialist" pilots were well-treated, though this bed didn't have a very comfortable mattress. Viewed: 251 times.
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Asian ingenuity. Viewed: 273 times.
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The almond tree, shown against the Hanoi Towers office building that has replaced two thirds of the prison. Viewed: 245 times.
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The Hilton Hanoi, an entirely different item. Viewed: 276 times.
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The Hanoi Opera House. Viewed: 274 times.
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Snake wine, sold in Hanoi and elsewhere in Asia. Viewed: 275 times.
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Our first meal in Laos was Indian. Fitting, then, that my first meal in Hanoi was at this Czech brewery. There is some pretty wacky food out there in the global village. Viewed: 249 times.
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I ordered a salad topped with "pemmican", the stringy salty beige stuff that I still haven't identified. I also ordered a fried sparrow.
Last comment 03/16/09.Viewed: 297 times.
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Alana proving that she's willing to eat weird food, in this case, a fried sparrow. Viewed: 302 times.
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Doug was more sensible and ordered a stir-fry. He actually liked his meal. Viewed: 280 times.
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Our last meal together. Around the table: Christie, Doug, Andrew, Callum, the waiter, Jackie, Umesh, David, Hanna, Julie. Viewed: 321 times.
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Jackie, Umesh, David, Hanna. In the foreground: Christie trying to work out the bill. It was always fun, with two or three currencies, 11 people and waiters who insisted on helping us each pay for exactly our own share, but who didn't carry change on them. Viewed: 297 times.
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