| Page Views: 4,118 Last Visit to Hanoi: - | Hanoi Inside Info by pez - last update: Jan 9, 2004 |
| From the Hanoi Fine Arts Museum |
Hanoi is not Saigon I really enjoy it here. This really is one of the most beautiful cities I've visited in Asia. The people here are more reserved. You'll see a lot of men wearing green pith helmets made of compressed paper. The women in Hanoi are quite stunning, though don't wear ao dai (traditional outfits) as much as they do in Saigon. In general things are less accessible to the tourist in Hanoi than Saigon, but that is changing. Trees are everywhere. Lakes, too. Traffic is more chaotic, though at about 10PM the streets are almost abandoned. Hanoi is early to bed, early to rise: at 5AM walk around Hoan Kiem lake and you'll see thousands of people exercising. |
| Utility hole cover reading "Ha Noi 1911" |
Looking deeper I do my best to explore what this city has to offer. If you need any advice, or any topics covered that you don't see here, please feel free to e-mail me here at VT.Everybody who has visited me understands now why I live here. And every last vistor wants to return. |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful, good food, sometimes great weather, very Vietnam" | | Cons: | "Somewhat backwards, often too humid, sometimes polluted" | | In A Nutshell: | "A real adventure." |
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Cute_Hanoian Thu Feb 26, 2009 17:20 UTC
Thanks alot,PEz!For sharing your knowledge about bar in Hanoi!I used to think it is not vn'cultures,and don't acccept it!But now,gradually we embace it!But still don't like much!Hope that meet u in one of reccomended places!;-) | King_Golo Sun Apr 2, 2006 16:25 UTC
the buses are nice??? i had to take a bus sometimes to get to the national university and there were literally 200 people crammed in there... not really, what i'd call "nice" ;-) your cyclo tip is great, that's one of the most awful tourist traps | Harald&Wendy.au Thu Feb 2, 2006 07:58 UTC
Your tip re taking a cyclo is very interesting, although I would maybe agree that all the aparent agro would make it more pleasant to walk! | sailor_p Mon Oct 24, 2005 04:52 UTC
Wow - thanks for the great pics and advice. I would be visiting Hanoi next month! |
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