2 days in Hanoi is only just enough to scratch the surface of this vibrant city. As soon as you hit the street, you encounter a mixture of noise, new (exotic) scents and a big crowd of people (and scooters). By first impression, Hanoi is chaotic and a place you hope to escape alive as fast as possible. However, after a little while it won our hearts and we somewhat fell in a little love with this Capital city of Vietnam. On day 1, we spent a lot of time walking around in the old part of the city. You quickly move up the learning curve and find out to survive in the traffic. Even if it looks impossible to cross the streets in between the scooters, taxis, bicycles and rickshaws, we somehow managed to. This
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