After overextending yesterday, I slept in today and took it slow over breakfast. Today's my last day in Hanoi, and I used it to visit the last few items on my list.I got out at about 10 and walked along Hoan Kiem lake, all the way until the French Quarter. It's still gray and misty,… Continue reading The French Quarter, the History Museum, Hoa Lo Prison
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The Imperial Citadel, the Temple of Literature
Sleep is awesome, you guys! You should totes try it! Last night I fell asleep the moment my head touched the pillow at around 20:30 -I woke up wide awake at 2AM, thinking the jet lag was going to screw me over, but next thing I know my alarm is waking me up at 7AM.The… Continue reading The Imperial Citadel, the Temple of Literature
The Old Quarter of Hanoi
So we left off when I left the cozy hotel at what must have amounted like 5AM my time on no sleep to delve into the chaos that is the Old Quarter of Hanoi. I figured I would just walk around the area for a bit until I became tired again -I took the Lonely… Continue reading The Old Quarter of Hanoi
To Vietnam, by way of Hanoi then Da Nang then Hanoi again
Another year, another adventure: this time I came to Vietnam!I took on a direct Vietnam Airlines flight that turned out not to be so direct when, after more than 10h in the air, we received the news that visibility was insufficient in Hanoi. They diverted us to Da Nang (which added an hour on the… Continue reading To Vietnam, by way of Hanoi then Da Nang then Hanoi again