Saturday, August 22, 2015

The Vietnam Capital: A Revisit

Hanoi city, Vietnam - April 24-28, 2015 - A good time spent with good friends in the first city I had visited in Southeast Asia, all those years ago, all those incredible years ago. The first two photos are from a stopover in Bangkok.

Not a bad ride either. Very smooth.

Class.

This was the first thing I saw when I walked out onto the street of Southeast Asia, over six years ago, the Hoàn Kiếm Lake.


Fighting cocks, on the street.


The fellows playing chess nearby gestured for us to take off the lid and they seemed very tame.

Vietnamese breakfast. Pork and vegetables wrapped in a very think rice paper that was soft, fresh, and expertly spun. The food is one reason anyone would visit Hanoi.

Long Biên bridge is a popular place for the Vietnamese to take photographs of each other. It is rather old and kinda scary to walk along.

It's a nice drive, though.


The Red River is epic.


The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, if you hadn't guessed.


A fire burns in an open-air BBQ restaurant.


Preparing for the Liberation Day celebrations. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/30/vietnam-war-anniversary/26622353/

These were taken from the Vietnam Women's Museum, cool place.





This (as described in following picture, was pretty cool too.




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