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Motorbikes have replaced bicycles as the primary transport of Vietnamese. Viewed: 445 times.
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Things look a bit chaotic outside the Hanoi train station. Viewed: 446 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: 391 times.
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Everybody wants a house like this; they are springing up in Hanoi's colourful suburbs too. Viewed: 399 times.
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A particularly nicely carved restaurant. Viewed: 382 times.
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Phalanxes of "cyclos" pedal tourists around, slower and safer than the motorcyclists who constantly offer you a ride. Viewed: 381 times.
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The tourist quarter is centred around a lake, surrounded by trees growing lightbulbs.
Last comment 07/31/07.Viewed: 386 times.
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Flowers for sale
Last comment 06/12/08.Viewed: 386 times.
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Paint for sale (in powder or liquid form) Viewed: 363 times.
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Purses by a Hong Kong designer for sale (hideous style, hideous prices) Viewed: 355 times.
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I went to the mall. Asians like Christmas decorations, regardless of their religious preferences. Viewed: 394 times.
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The Hoa Lo Prison, known in the American (Vietnam) war as the Hanoi Hilton. Viewed: 372 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: 398 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: 371 times.
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Asian ingenuity. Viewed: 394 times.
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The almond tree, shown against the Hanoi Towers office building that has replaced two thirds of the prison. Viewed: 340 times.
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The Hilton Hanoi, an entirely different item. Viewed: 396 times.
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The Hanoi Opera House. Viewed: 383 times.
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Snake wine, sold in Hanoi and elsewhere in Asia. Viewed: 399 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: 346 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: 402 times.
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Doug was more sensible and ordered a stir-fry. He actually liked his meal. Viewed: 399 times.
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Our last meal together. Around the table: Christie, Doug, Andrew, Callum, the waiter, Jackie, Umesh, David, Hanna, Julie. Viewed: 457 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: 423 times.
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