We survived the “bus ride from hell” and made it to Hanoi, Vietnams biggest city – and it sure has to offer a lot. The old quarter buzzes with life, consisting of hundreds of shops and stalls, and thousands (or millions) of scooters. Crossing the street is an adventure, every single time.
Do: Walk around the Old Quarter and try random street food.
Another Do: Take a bicycle onto the small island off Cau Long Bien bridge, and experience jungle just a stone throw away from the city.
See: The Water Puppet Show. Supposedly for kids, but we really enjoyed it.
Don’t: Ride a taxi. Save yourself the trouble and get an UBER. Taxis are notorious for rigging the meters. Ours showed 4 times the “fair” amount, our friends’ 8 times. Taxi rip-off on a new level.
Random fact: Hanoi features one of the most prominent prisons of the Vietnam War, the Hoa Lo Prison. Interesting to see (it’s a museum now), it was ironically called the Hanoi Hilton by US prisoners of war.
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