Ha Noi
June 1st 2014 When we arrived in Hanoi it was raining, which was welcome after the heat we'd experienced in Luang Prabang. Plus it gave the city a freshly scrubbed look just in time for us to take to the streets. The traffic in Hanoi overwhelmed us at first. It's a big, busy city full of people with places to go and things to do. But after a few hours we fell back into step and realized we really liked this nor
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taracloud
Tara Cloud
Nice blend
What a great blend of the old--narrow alleys and water puppets, and the new--a Spanish restaurant and the internet. With all the changes, how lucky that you've gotten to see the city before there are lots of high-rises. Scary about China's aggressiveness and the Vietnamese taking it out on their Chinese residents. So amazing all the little aggressions all over the world that we're not even aware of, and glad you didn't get caught in it.