GoOd Morning, Hanoi

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A much better state of mind and ready for more adventures the day after. We set out to explore the town and mainly to find good food. Our first stop Pho, traditional Vietnamese noodle soup that's soothing to the body, mind, and spirit. One problem, we needed to find a place with Air Con...It's 33 C and we're not about to eat that hot hot soup dripping wet. After a good 2 hours and a few pit stops, we found a nice AC place that served up scrumdilicious bowls of Pho.

The rest of the day, we spent exploring the Old Quarter of Hanoi and visiting the tourist agency to book the rest of our Vietnam trip (It's basically how we'd been doing our trip--- plan on the go). The rest of Hanoi days were spent exploring museums, Vietnamese food, and Ha Long Bay.

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Photos

Mmmm Pho
in AC...it's just beautiful

Hoan Kiem Lake
Center of Old Quarter of Hanoi

Street Sweeper
@ Hoai Kiem Lake

Icecream
pit stop along the way...very appropriate when it's sweltering hot outside.

Mmm Cone
we made many pit stops at random stores just for the sake of AC.

Hanoi Street
Yup. It's like Frogger...but with 1 life.

Hanoi flag tower
Supposedly...the place to raise the flag back in the day when North & South were still divided.

Their Man Lenin
Yup, he's a pretty important figure here.

Ho Chi Minh Museum
Lots and lots of..how do we say...propaganda?

Cultural Museum
Where I learned about the Tran dynasty. I'm royalty, biatch!

HCM Mausoleum
Uncle Ho's body can be seen here. He's only displayed from 7 AM - 10 AM. We got there at 10:30AM. O well.

Step 1: Clean given spoon with a wet-one.
Steps to follow to thoroughly enjoying fresh coconut pulp off the streets without risking case of the runnies...

Dessert
Another pit stop

Our Splendid Dessert Session
A couple of thou's spent here.