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Motorbikes have replaced bicycles as the primary transport of Vietnamese. Viewed: 425 times.
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Things look a bit chaotic outside the Hanoi train station. Viewed: 425 times.
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Street frontage is valuable, as you can tell from the new houses being built. Many have an ugly storefront below their elegant upper verandahs. Viewed: 376 times.
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Everybody wants a house like this; they are springing up in Hanoi's colourful suburbs too. Viewed: 379 times.
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A particularly nicely carved restaurant. Viewed: 360 times.
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Phalanxes of "cyclos" pedal tourists around, slower and safer than the motorcyclists who constantly offer you a ride. Viewed: 368 times.
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The tourist quarter is centred around a lake, surrounded by trees growing lightbulbs.
Last comment 07/31/07.Viewed: 373 times.
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Flowers for sale
Last comment 06/12/08.Viewed: 372 times.
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Paint for sale (in powder or liquid form) Viewed: 340 times.
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Purses by a Hong Kong designer for sale (hideous style, hideous prices) Viewed: 335 times.
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I went to the mall. Asians like Christmas decorations, regardless of their religious preferences. Viewed: 375 times.
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The Hoa Lo Prison, known in the American (Vietnam) war as the Hanoi Hilton. Viewed: 355 times.
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The French "imperialists" kept Vietnamese political prisoners in shackles. The prison museum showed numerous simple but effective forms of torture. Viewed: 382 times.
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Once the French were gone, the Vietnamese used the building to hold American prisoners of war. The exhibits made it clear that the American "imperialist" pilots were well-treated, though this bed didn't have a very comfortable mattress. Viewed: 353 times.
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Asian ingenuity. Viewed: 373 times.
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The almond tree, shown against the Hanoi Towers office building that has replaced two thirds of the prison. Viewed: 327 times.
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The Hilton Hanoi, an entirely different item. Viewed: 372 times.
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The Hanoi Opera House. Viewed: 362 times.
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Snake wine, sold in Hanoi and elsewhere in Asia. Viewed: 372 times.
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Our first meal in Laos was Indian. Fitting, then, that my first meal in Hanoi was at this Czech brewery. There is some pretty wacky food out there in the global village. Viewed: 334 times.
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I ordered a salad topped with "pemmican", the stringy salty beige stuff that I still haven't identified. I also ordered a fried sparrow.
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Alana proving that she's willing to eat weird food, in this case, a fried sparrow. Viewed: 381 times.
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Doug was more sensible and ordered a stir-fry. He actually liked his meal. Viewed: 379 times.
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Our last meal together. Around the table: Christie, Doug, Andrew, Callum, the waiter, Jackie, Umesh, David, Hanna, Julie. Viewed: 441 times.
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Jackie, Umesh, David, Hanna. In the foreground: Christie trying to work out the bill. It was always fun, with two or three currencies, 11 people and waiters who insisted on helping us each pay for exactly our own share, but who didn't carry change on them. Viewed: 402 times.
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