We used our personal days and took a mini vacation/birthday trip to Vietnam. We left really early in morning on Mike’s birthday and flew into Hanoi. We had a taxi from the travel company pick us up to bring us to our hotel (about 40 min away), and enjoyed the rest of the day in Hanoi. We walked around this nice lake, ate some yummy baguettes, had some traditional Vietnamese Pho, saw a water puppet show, got measured for a custom made shirt, spent a long time amazed at the traffic of Vietnam, and watched people literally GAWK and do a double take at Mike’s air cast (more on that later).
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| Enjoying some Pho |
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| Sidewalks aren't made for walking... |
We went to a water puppet show that was pretty entertaining. See the pictures and a few videos of our experience...
Water Puppet Show
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| Birthday dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant |
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| Fresh spring rolls |
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| ?? Something delightfully delicious, but I don't remember what... |
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| I found this sight a little humorous... these big guys sitting on tiny little chairs. |
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| Granted, it was cold (60's), but cold enough for ear muffs??! |
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| How many balloon vendors can be on one street? Well, at least 3! At one point in time we saw 4... and they were all huddled up next to each other. What was the funniest part was that people would actually be flying by on their motorbikes, decide they needed a balloon and would stop to buy a balloon. It was like watching a drive-through fast food restaurant serving balloons. Bizarre. |
Organized chaos...
One of the first things we noticed when we arrived in Vietnam was that people use their horns a lot more than in Bangkok; now I understand why. :)
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| Dong |
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| lamps, anyone? |
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| Bootlegger... I mean, boot wearer. |
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