Hanoi Vietnam

Asia
November 26th 2006

Published: November 27th 2006

Well made it,Hanoi an amazing city some 2000years old all the streets are narrow and full of all types of shops selling just about anything .there certain streets that have all the same thing for sale ,there 36 streets like this,one selling brass another tin,sweets,spices&herbs, grave stones,shoes,etc.they were set up as "Guildes" in the 13th century and remained like that since. The thing that st... Read Full Entry

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Street of Tin Guild

Street of Herbs Guild

Pretty Girls

Opera House

Hilton Hotel

My transport with driver

very laid back even if pollution from the mopeds was a problem

Paul Doumer railroad and highway bridge over the Red River

This bridge was the most heavily defended bridge in Hanoi.a vital link to getting supplies,although hit severly by the Yanks it was never completly destrotyed and some how the Vietnamese kept it operational

Bridge again

used daily by trains, mopeds and cyclists bring in produce to sell

Village 5klms outside main Hanoi

Pottery Shop

Local shop

Bought some small vases here

Stopped for refresher

Ho-che-Min Mausoleum

He is revered by all Vietnamese ,during their life they all make a pilgrmmige to his tomb

Hanoi Prison

The Prison known to the Yanks as "Hanoi Hilton"the most secure prison in Vietnam,thousands of political prisoners of the French Died here

Chilling statement

Prison Uniform

secured by the ankles

Way to Freedom

Daring escape

Inhuman

1000's of names of polictical prisoners

Most of these people died under the French.Then later the Vietnamese government

13th February 2011

dnatha
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Very good!
I came upon your travel blog when trying to look up travel to grand canyon and then noticed that you have written up six months worth of world tour experience. Amazing! I recently visited places in India in the Himalayan foothills and blogged about it. That was just chronicling 7 days and was quite some effort, compared to that your work is so extensive. Thanks for all the good information.

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